RZ Group - any feedback?

[RoadRazor2000]

Hi,

I am a first time contractor and am about to take up a BA role at LTSB. They have three preferred suppliers (agencies) and I must go through one of them:

- Recruitment Zone (RZ) Group
- Sanderson
- IMS Worldwide

As I got the job through contacts rather than through an agency, I will simply be using the agency for invoicing / payments etc as well as on-boarding.

From my limited experience, Recruitment Zone seem to be the best of the three as it offers the most flexible invoicing / payment terms (they do either weekly or monthly payments and run their payment run every day - the others are monthly only and have limited window for getting time sheets / invoices in). All three seem similar from a contract / IR35 perspective.

Before I go with RZ Group, I am wondering if anyone has any feedback on them (positive or negative) that they could share with me.

My apologies if anyone has posted this question already. I have tried to search the forums for RZ Group and didn't turn up any other relevant posts.....

Regards
Richard

[northernladuk]

If you got a job there you need to be speaking to their HR

[RasputinDude]

Hi and welcome.

NLUK has a point there - you don't have a 'job' you have a contract with a client. Very important that.

Well done on getting your first role. It's a right royal pain when you are made to invoice through an agency, but I've been in that position myself (I am right now, as it happens).

I've not used any of the agencies that you mention, but whichever you choose, get the contract reviewed (a quick search on here will reveal B&C or QDOS who do contract reviews). You're in a strong position to push the agency on rate as you are effectively giving them business. Use that position to make sure that you get a good rate and a good contract.

Good luck!

[RoadRazor2000]

If you got a job there you need to be speaking to their HR

Good point. Poor use of terminology. I meant a contract of course :-)

[RoadRazor2000]

Hi and welcome.

NLUK has a point there - you don't have a 'job' you have a contract with a client. Very important that.

Well done on getting your first role. It's a right royal pain when you are made to invoice through an agency, but I've been in that position myself (I am right now, as it happens).

I've not used any of the agencies that you mention, but whichever you choose, get the contract reviewed (a quick search on here will reveal B&C or QDOS who do contract reviews). You're in a strong position to push the agency on rate as you are effectively giving them business. Use that position to make sure that you get a good rate and a good contract.

Good luck!

Thanks Rasputin. I definitely plan to get the contract reviewed. A number of people have mentioned QDOS to me so that seems a good bet.

[Torran]

I've spoken and used the Edinburgh office a few times. Decent bunch, no mucking about, no games.

Emm thats about all I have but it is positive

[potentialcontractor]

I wouldn't bother with Sandersons, 4-5 week billing followed by another 3 weeks for them to actually pay you. And don't expect to get a beer out of any of them either.

[malvolio]

I wouldn't bother with Sandersons, 4-5 week billing followed by another 3 weeks for them to actually pay you. And don't expect to get a beer out of any of them either.

I was going to say avoid Sanderson. Used to be really very good, then Keith left it to the bean counters to manage things so now theyre really rubbish.

[RoadRazor2000]

I've spoken and used the Edinburgh office a few times. Decent bunch, no mucking about, no games.

Emm thats about all I have but it is positive

Thanks Torran, good to get some feedback from someone who has dealt with them. They struck me as a fairly no nonsense bunch when I spoke to them on the phone and I like the fact that they run a payment run every day, so you don't need to worry about late invoices / time sheets etc.

[RoadRazor2000]

I was going to say avoid Sanderson. Used to be really very good, then Keith left it to the bean counters to manage things so now theyre really rubbish.

Thanks. I'd come to the same conclusion myself, so it's good to get some feedback from someone with real experience of using them. And the lack of beer is shocking! That really swings it for me :-)