Your Worst 3 Agent Experiences Ever !

[Not So Wise]

1. Having a agency go bankrupt owing me a hell of a lot of money (nearly 3 months worth) one month before the delivery of a project that I had spent the previous 12 months working on and then having the liquidators muddy the waters to such a extent that the client and myself could not work anything out direct. Me out of nearly 3 months income, client out 12 months of investment for a project that would never be finished (and never was)

2. Applying for a "sweet" position for a unnamed company, getting the run around from the agent for 3 weeks until the agent let "slip" the name of the company to tag me along for longer. Unfortunately for the agent I knew the head of IT for that company so gave him a call and found not only did the position not exist but he had implemented a policy of "no more contractors" 4 months previously

3. Normal Agent bulltulip

[DodgyAgent]

1. Having a agency go bankrupt owing me a hell of a lot of money (nearly 3 months worth) one month before the delivery of a project that I had spent the previous 12 months working on and then having the liquidators muddy the waters to such a extent that the client and myself could not work anything out direct. Me out of nearly 3 months income, client out 12 months of investment for a project that would never be finished (and never was)

2. Applying for a "sweet" position for a unnamed company, getting the run around from the agent for 3 weeks until the agent let "slip" the name of the company to tag me along for longer. Unfortunately for the agent I knew the head of IT for that company so gave him a call and found not only did the position not exist but he had implemented a policy of "no more contractors" 4 months previously

3. Normal Agent bulltulip

You made the last one up. You see we are not so bad after two attempts are we?

[BrilloPad]

You made the last one up. You see we are not so bad after two attempts are we?

Well not every agent is as good as you.

Anyway - why not start a thread entitled "Your Worst 3 Contractor Experiences Ever!" for the agents on here?

[spiderlover]

Why the name spider lover? Is there something we should know? Has it anything to do with why you were sacked?

Nah, nothing so weird - it's just that I have an unhealthy passion for Alfa Romeos.....I've got a 1973 Spider in the garage and a 2007 Spider on the road.

Alfa Romeo Owner's Club ad: "Why not push your car to one of our meetings?"

[Rantor]

You made the last one up. You see we are not so bad after two attempts are we?

DA - do any contractors ever try to 'get back' at agencies e.g; visits with baseball bats or similar?

I guess it wouldn't be that common, but I knew of one mob that went bust owing some guys a lot of cash. I would find it hard to believe that one of these guys in particular did not go for a more direct solution.