IT Recruiters - been ripped off by client - how whould you deal with it?

**Pondlife** · 20 July 2007, 10:31

Originally posted by Blunderer

We just contacted one of these contractors directly, under the guise of another recruitment company

That's not underhand or sneaky in anyway at all.

**Blunderer** · 20 July 2007, 10:35

Entirely justified, I am afraid, as the client has stolen from us and the Contractor deceived us. Now that is sneaky and underhand.

**Old Greg** · 20 July 2007, 10:35

Originally posted by Blunderer

One of our clients interviewed 3 Contractors and rejected them.

We were suspicious.

We just contacted one of these contractors directly, under the guise of another recruitment company, and he is working for our client.

My TOBs cover this eventuality and say the client must pay 22% of the equivalent annual salary in this situation.

How would you play it?

Just fire in an invoice for 22%?
Confront him first?
Contact the Contractor again and get him to confirm the direct approach?

I presume some of you have had this before.
I guess if it goes legal a court would rule my 22% to be fair

Is this a pimp's website suddenly?

**BA to the Stars** · 20 July 2007, 10:40

So lets get this straight - you are an agency and the client has approached you to provide 3 contractors for interview. They recruit at least 1 directly and cut you out of the loop.

My view is to approach the client to ascertain what has happened. However I think that responses may go downhill from here, I don't think that an agent who takes a cut a cut of a contractors daily rate and is now missing out on that cut which the contractor is probably getting or at least an element of is likely to find too much sympathy on a contractors forum.

**MrRobin** · 20 July 2007, 10:40

Originally posted by Blunderer

Entirely justified, I am afraid, as the client has stolen from us and the Contractor deceived us. Now that is sneaky and underhand.

Yeah! Chalk one up for the contractors!

**Pondlife** · 20 July 2007, 10:41

Originally posted by Blunderer

Entirely justified, I am afraid, as the client has stolen from us and the Contractor deceived us. Now that is sneaky and underhand.

How did the contractor deceive you. Had (s)he signed anything stating that you exclusively were representing them to this client?

You put forward more than one candidate, why can't they use more than one agency?

**DodgyAgent** · 20 July 2007, 10:43

Originally posted by Blunderer

One of our clients interviewed 3 Contractors and rejected them.

We were suspicious.

We just contacted one of these contractors directly, under the guise of another recruitment company, and he is working for our client.

My TOBs cover this eventuality and say the client must pay 22% of the equivalent annual salary in this situation.

How would you play it?

Just fire in an invoice for 22%?
Confront him first?
Contact the Contractor again and get him to confirm the direct approach?

I presume some of you have had this before.
I guess if it goes legal a court would rule my 22% to be fair

I am not sure that this is the site to present this particular problem with. It will however bring a smile to most of the contributors to the board, so well done for that Blunderer

BTW tough luck mate, I hate to see competitors getting shafted like this

**Burdock** · 20 July 2007, 10:47

Perhaps the contractor was also put forward by another agency?

**BlasterBates** · 20 July 2007, 10:48

It is a horribly grey area, because of the law on anti-competitive practices.
I think there are possibilities to sue, but of course it depends on things like verbal agreements, any contracts existing between parties. Then of course the agent rang up pretending to be someone else, which is of course also illegal, and the contractor could sue the agent.

IT Recruiters - been ripped off by client - how whould you deal with it?