Annual leave request

[vetran]

To be fair they don't really sound that accomodating.

they don't but if it makes it a breach of contract and he walks they will be even less accommodating.

have a chat with someone with brains & power in the organisation, explain both sides and make it clear you are happy to meet them in the middle.

[psychocandy]

Surely nobody would stoop so low to lay themselves off for a fortnight whilst they go on holiday.

As forum-lowest-stooper no I would not if I knew it was only two weeks.

Too many forms to fill in. Anyway, you dont get paid for first 3 days as well.

[psychocandy]

psychocandy will sign on for you for a tenner + return bus fare if you're in the Port Talbot area.

Toss you off as well for £15. BTW _ I aint in Port Talbot though.

[speling bee]

He's got a bit of cash in hand work in Port Talbot helping out a mate with second hand furniture deliveries, so he's quite flexible.

Toss you off as well for £15. BTW _ I aint in Port Talbot though.

What happened?

[psychocandy]

Looks like it may come to it.

ClientCo have now stated if I don't fill out the annual leave request, and go on holiday they will terminate my contract.

They also state they do view the small business contractors differently from the contractors from the larger companies, although they don't say why. Apparently plans are afoot to bring in appraisals for those contractors they deem should do them.

Even funnier is that page 1 of my contract states that myco warrants not to follow any direction or control.

So my position is untenable.

To be honest though a lot of client just want the contractors to cause no fuss. Its a balancing act sometimes. If client has a few silly things like this I let it slide normally.

Yeh you shouldnt really have to fill in the form but at the end of the day is it worth kicking off about or losing the gig?

Generally though I do try to steer away from leave requests. I try to flag it as be away is that ok with you? emails. If they want me to update calendar/spreadsheet then so what as well.

Then again, appraisals sounds a bit dull. Surely thats what an extension offer is lol?

Then again if the client want to pay me to sit there to discuss work then thats fine by me as well.

[psychocandy]

What happened?

What - when I tossed someone off?

Where'd u get Port Talbot from? Never lived there....

[CourtesyFlush]

And the individuals on the power trip probably think they are adding value to their company.

Well, they lose 3 from a team of 3. They will need to be replaced. As it's a niche skill they have 3 choices.

1) Hire consultants from the Vendor at £1200pd.
2) Hire private consultants at less than half that.
3) Grow their own permies (takes time, around 18 months on the tools before you're any cop, then most sod off contracting )

If they go for option 1 then they need to go to project board for quite a bit more money.
They are currently cutting their nose off on option 2. Being a niche, it's quite likely word will get out and no private consultants will touch them with a bargepole unless they can load the day rate to counter IR35. They are unlikely to pay this.
If they go for option 3 then the projects will stall, deadlines will be missed. Not that big of a deal except that most of the projects are for audit points that carry heavy financial penalties and reputational loss if the deadlines are missed.

So Mister willy waver is really not adding any value, but being rather wreckless.

[speling bee]

What - when I tossed someone off?

Where'd u get Port Talbot from? Never lived there....

But you had that cash in hand work. Or is it hush hush? Happy to edit out if you're worried.