notice periods

[BrilloPad]

[PC]Call in sick[/PC]

I was going to suggest that as well....

[Old Greg]

I was going to suggest that as well....

Normally he finds a why to get the project canned so the social cannot say he made himself voluntarily unemployed.

[Mordac]

Hi,

I am a limited company contractor. Last month I got a contract signed via an agency. The end client has got a partner recruitment agency which is acting as a client of my agency.

Now when I signed the contract I was under the impression that I will be parking onsite at client location. The client location is about 1 hour drive from my home. But just before joining I was told by agency that contractors have offsite parking from where shuttle comes to client main office. They told me it will not add more than 20 min. to overall journey.

Long story short it turns out that the parking and coming to client's main office has added 30-45 minute each side to my journey in peak hours.



Due to above inconvenience I have decided to end the contract. I have a 4 week notice period vs 2 week agency's notice. I have asked them to show some flexibility as this is inconvenient to me. They are not being flexible and behaving quite rudely to me.

My question is can I ask the end client to terminate my contract from their side which will eventually end the contract from my agency's client?
Do you guys see any potential issues if I ask the client to inform their partner agency to terminate my contract so that I may serve short or no notice period.

Thanks
JP

Lesson 1: Do your research before you commit. If you don't / didn't, stop moaning.
Of course the agency are being rude to you, you are about to lose "someone" a shedload of commission.
You get close to no sympathy on here, virtually all of us can tell an equally sorry tale of parking charges, misleading expenses, rate cuts, getting canned just to save some manager git's budget even though you were the only one capable of doing the job.
If any of this sound familiar, but hideous, go perm.

[psychocandy]

Normally he finds a why to get the project canned so the social cannot say he made himself voluntarily unemployed.

Never done that. Only when a contract has ended.

[Old Greg]

Never done that. Only when a contract has ended.

Well, you can have that piece of consultancy for free.

[psychocandy]

OP - so why have you got to park miles away and get the shuttle bus?

OK so client wont let you park on site but can't you just park somewhere else closer? How far away is this offsite parking then?

I had client once who had a small car park which was always full. They had an overflow that was about 20-30 mins walk away BUT there was plenty of legal spaces on the road of the industrial estate.

Clients told staff that there werent allowed to park on the road and HAD to use the overflow car park - reason was it didnt look nice and they were concerned about safety because there were no pavements.

Guess where I parked.... On road outside office. None of their business.

My point - park somewhere more convenient for you if possible. Where you park and how you get into office is none of client concern or business.

[psychocandy]

Nope. You have no relationship with your client. Your contract is with the agent. TBH I can't see your client helping with anything if they know this is the reason. You are inconveniencing them as well remember so they aren't going to be best pleased even if you are a bit put out. You are more likely to get walked if you get them involved.

I'd read up on how to get your last months money out of the agent when they refuse to pay as well.

Compete bollacks NLUK.

If OP gives the month notice as hes entitled to in the contract then there are no issues. There is no reason for agency not to pay. Not saying I agree with OP but if he decided the moons had aligned and he had to leave then its up to him.

Personally, even though I agree a notice period is agreed by both parties so is fair game, I would not terminate in this instance. It still looks bad and awkward parking seems a bit of a crap reason. But its up to OP.

Also, as you well know, if he gets client on side and they say yes go in two weeks, it will happen. Agent will get told that its happening by client.

[psychocandy]

Lesson 1: Do your research before you commit. If you don't / didn't, stop moaning.
Of course the agency are being rude to you, you are about to lose "someone" a shedload of commission.
You get close to no sympathy on here, virtually all of us can tell an equally sorry tale of parking charges, misleading expenses, rate cuts, getting canned just to save some manager git's budget even though you were the only one capable of doing the job.
If any of this sound familiar, but hideous, go perm.

If it was me I'd care more about whether my cat was having a nice day....

[Wilmslow]

I cannot believe the naivety of the OP. This kind of behaviour gives contractors a bad reputation. Notice is notice, you signed the darned contract.

The client are providing parking and travel to the office – so either suck up the travel provided, or park wherever you like.

What is your rate like? I am assuming enough for the cost of parking your car like most commuters need to do anyway?

It is terribly quiet out there just now. I am around two hours from house to clientco just now, but I get home every night which is a very rare thing at present.

Incredible. This is a sockie. Mary Poppins – How did this get past you?

[Mordac]

I cannot believe the naivety of the OP. This kind of behaviour gives contractors a bad reputation. Notice is notice, you signed the darned contract.

The client are providing parking and travel to the office – so either suck up the travel provided, or park wherever you like.

What is your rate like? I am assuming enough for the cost of parking your car like most commuters need to do anyway?

It is terribly quiet out there just now. I am around two hours from house to clientco just now, but I get home every night which is a very rare thing at present.

Incredible. This is a sockie. Mary Poppins – How did this get past you?

Couldn't agree more. Contracting isn't all wine & roses, did anyone ever tell OP that? Clearly not. He should just hire a limo and claim it back. That's what we all do, innit?