Tits 'n' arse!

[MarillionFan]

Simple solution; if you want to make people sit around and wait for 2 weeks before starting, pay them a retainer.

And if he failed the drugs test / background check?

[Mich the Tester]

And if he failed the drugs test / background check?

YOU chose to check him, he chose not to bother.

[MarillionFan]

YOU chose to check him, he chose not to bother.

He passed the checks. He just got offered something during the process.

I'm picking up some animosity Mich? Is it because you're a stoner?

[Mich the Tester]

He passed the checks. He just got offered something during the process.

I'm picking up some animosity Mich? Is it because you're a stoner?

No animosity, just suggesting that you remember what contracting's like; you wait for a while for a contract, get 'no' for silly reasons from agents and then three opportunities turn up at once. One of them is a tulipe rate, one of them demands you hang around waiting for 2 weeks (2 weeks! You could make some phone calls to earlier customers in 2 hours and find put if he's any good), one of them is immediate start at a good rate; which one do you choose? 2 weeks of doing nothing costs a lot of money, and you don't know what kind of BS people are going to give while the checks are going on, or whether the contract might be pulled by some cost cutting 'senior manager'. While YOU may be trustworthy, some clients and agents aren't, so try and understand the contractor's position.

[MarillionFan]

No animosity, just suggesting that you remember what contracting's like; you wait for a while for a contract, get 'no' for silly reasons from agents and then three opportunities turn up at once. One of them is a tulipe rate, one of them demands you hang around waiting for 2 weeks (2 weeks! You could make some phone calls to earlier customers in 2 hours and find put if he's any good), one of them is immediate start at a good rate; which one do you choose? 2 weeks of doing nothing costs a lot of money, and you don't know what kind of BS people are going to give while the checks are going on, or whether the contract might be pulled by some cost cutting 'senior manager'. While YOU may be trustworthy, some clients and agents aren't, so try and understand the contractor's position.

Hence my instructions to HR. 'Make this as quick as possible I don't want to lose him'.

[eek]

Hence my instructions to HR. 'Make this as quick as possible I don't want to lose him'.

And they did. Which is why it only took 2 weeks.

[Mich the Tester]

And they did. Which is why it only took 2 weeks.

Which is why they lost him.

[eek]

Which is why they lost him.

Well yes but based on previous MF stories here that's incredibly fast for this firm.

[Halo Jones]

Seriously? They drug test contractors?

I am surprised by your surprise, For anyone working longer than 3 months direct to us part of the T&C is that they will have a test & if they fail the offer is terminated. This applies to all staff not just those on site, so HR, admin ICT etc..

D&A tests are normal in construction regardless of employment status, after finding some “suspicions packages” in the drying room on site we called the nurse in & did a full site drugs test. 5 men are no longer working.