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Are you lot a bunch of agents in disguise?
The agent screwed up plain and simple. They gave me a contract that was clearly unworkable. I have suffered a financial loss. I missed out on two days at the beginning of the contract (and it's only good luck that it wasn't any longer). To make this up...
I secured a three month contract through Optimum IT at a major investment bank in the city. The contact was signed by myself and the agency (not the agent I was initially dealing with since he was on holiday, but one of his colleagues), had a start date of 15/8/05 (Monday) and was for £600/day...