Trial Period On Contract?

[TracyTrace]

Potaytoes/Potatow

a) losing
b) Yes, you are darling. A contract is as long as its notice period. As a contractor, you are a whore with a keyboard. The customer can do what he wants... at any time.

Ok so you're picture gives me happy memories. But that's a totally unrelated story.

a. Loosing - http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/loosing
This may be down to the whole UK/US, you invented(appropriated)/we bettered your language thingie.

b. Yes I'm starting to feel like a 'whore with a keyboard'. But as a prostitute close to me once said 'At least my market is selling!'


Back to the reason for the original post I just heard back from the Agent that they've agreed to remove the trial period thingie but I have a 7 day notice period so I'm almost beginning to wonder what I was fighting for in the first place.

But until the contracts are signed it's all hearsay.

[Fleetwood]

Ok so you're picture

a) your
b) Merriam Webster???
Oxford ENGLISH dictionary, Trace my love

[TracyTrace]

Close But No Cigar

a) your
b) Merriam Webster???
Oxford ENGLISH dictionary, Trace my love

Oh damn it, damn it, damn it!!

I was this close.

I rather ungraciously concede defeat on this one but in the infamous words of my state governor Arnold 'I'll be back'

[Fleetwood]

I look forward to it....

[expat]

Loosing - http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/loosing
This may be down to the whole UK/US, you invented(appropriated)/we bettered your language thingie.

No, we use "loose" too, but it´s not the same as "lose".

If we accidentally failed to keep hold of America, that was "to lose".
If we deliberately released it, that was "to loose".

[TracyTrace]

No, we use "loose" too, but it´s not the same as "lose".

If we accidentally failed to keep hold of America, that was "to lose".
If we deliberately released it, that was "to loose".

So which one was it?

Did the great British Empire 'accidentally fail to keep hold of America' or did they 'deliberately release it'?

[n5gooner]

So which one was it?

Did the great British Empire 'accidentally fail to keep hold of America' or did they 'deliberately release it'?

it was full off chimps so re released it.......

[Lucifer Box]

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[ASB]

So which one was it?

Did the great British Empire 'accidentally fail to keep hold of America' or did they 'deliberately release it'?

I can't raise George 3 on the Ouija so can't really be precise. He was also famous for going bonkers of course.

Since Dubya shows the same ineptitude in foreign policy some 230 years later I feel sure it was some sort of a master plan and we were just way ahead of our time.

[oraclesmith]

My questions is 'Is it normal/acceptable for contracts to include the option to terminate services within the initial 7/10 day working period?'. That is, in essence have a trial period?[/COLOR]

It's common, but it doesn't mean you have to leave it in the contract. If you really want one of these other contracts then try to negotiate it's removal on the basis that you already have an existing contract in place and it would be an unacceptable risk to go for a new one without some security. The real issue here is that these other two agencies have headhunted you but they know they need a get-out clause in case they made a mistake in contracting you. They're taking a chance and they're trying to cover their asses.

I ask because I am currently on a 3 month contract with a large company with no such stipulation.

I have been offered 2 other development positions that would require me to terminate my contract early. One was with XXX and the other I'll call Yellow.

These two other agencies sound like chancers. In my opinion, you should stick with the current contract and see if there is a renewal or a similar contract with the same client or through the same agency. This way you establish a working relationship, rather than play to these other agents game and cause bad feeling with your current client and your agent.

Would also like to know if 3 months is considered a 'long' contract in development here?

It's a normal short term contract. You may find it is renewed in 3 month instalments. Some clients limit contracts to three months because they're not certain about budgets and timescales etc. Stick with it.