Is this perfectly legal?

[Ticktock]

Just walk out of your current place, tell them to stick it, and then go start at your new client.

They are highly unlikely to come after you for it. It's just that they probably won't want you back there again ever in the future. That then frees up gigs for people who are professional, so everybody wins.

[kal]

Just walk out of your current place, tell them to stick it, and then go start at your new client.

They are highly unlikely to come after you for it. It's just that they probably won't want you back there again ever in the future. That then frees up gigs for people who are professional, so everybody wins.

Quite!

[Guest]

Just walk out of your current place, tell them to stick it, and then go start at your new client.

They are highly unlikely to come after you for it. It's just that they probably won't want you back there again ever in the future. That then frees up gigs for people who are professional, so everybody wins.

Tbh I doubt I will ever come back to this place of work.

If you say that I am being unprofessional for requesting to be released one week early than my actual end date then I can't do much about it.

It's not just for money that I am contracting and I have always finished all my contracts as per the terms of the agreement but then not all clients are the same.

[SeekingIT]

Indeed!!!

let us know what you decide to do and how it all pans out.......

[Guest]

let us know what you decide to do and how it all pans out.......

Last Thursday the client responded back saying he cannot confirm the end date and I will have to stay back till the date mentioned in the contract and he has got work planned for me.

I got a bit annoyed at the response so I replied back telling him that I was disappointed with the uncertainty and I couldn't see any list of work planned since the date I had given my notice (i.e since 2 weeks) and I wanted to check if the work was within scope.

The client got angry and cc'd HR / recruitment trying to defend his actions and mentioned that I had signed another contract one week before my current one expires, which is a breach of their contract. He admitted that he was trying to make me interested in the work i.e. hold me back.

He also told me that if I had been upfront he would have planned something else for me. I was like huh?

I didn't bother replying to all that stuff and just replied back saying that if the client had told me on day one that it was NOT possible to release me early and I have to leave only at the end date then that would have been the end of discussion and I also mentioned that there was no point in discussing further and I would wait till the end date.

Surprisingly on Friday I got a call from my agent telling me that the client has decided to give me one weeks notice as per the contract and my last day is 21-03-2014. I just replied I am fine with it.

So much drama over nothing but I am happy that I am out at the end of this week.

I start my new contract the following Monday.

[northernladuk]

I got a bit annoyed at the response so I replied back telling him that I was disappointed with the uncertainty and I couldn't see any list of work planned since the date I had given my notice (i.e since 2 weeks) and I wanted to check if the work was within scope.

Why the **** after all the advice given are you still communicating your end date with the client. It isn't surprising the agent confirmed your end date. It was the only choice he had and if you had dealt with him and only him right from the start you would have avoided all this agro.

[TheFaQQer]

Lesson to learn - give your notice properly, in writing to the party with whom you have the contract.

20% of the posts so far say to give the notice to the agency rather than relying on wishy-washy "when can I leave" questions to someone you don't have a contractual relationship with. It would be worthwhile remembering that next time.

[Guest]

Why the **** after all the advice given are you still communicating your end date with the client. It isn't surprising the agent confirmed your end date. It was the only choice he had and if you had dealt with him and only him right from the start you would have avoided all this agro.

Sorry didn't reply earlier.

The reason I was communicating with the client was because the agency said they will go by the date the client advises them of.

Anyways tomorrow it's my last day and my manager has not spoken one word with me after he issued me the 1 week notice last Friday via my agent.

Errr.. so much for being professional..