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    Can I pull out?

    If I have signed a contract where i would be starting on monday, i have now changed my mind - can i pull out by letting the agency know? Or can the agnecy/client sue me in any way?

    Cheers

    #2
    Of course you can but.......

    It would be unprofessional
    You'll make the rest of us look bad
    You'll never get another gig with the agency
    You'll never get another gig with the client
    You'll never get another gig where anyone who was involved in finding/engaging you works

    Why did you sign if you weren't sure ?
    Whats changed ?
    How long is it for ? Can you stick it for the duration of the contract ?
    Have you got a substitution clause in the contract ?

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      #3
      Bloody hell. This type of question seems to be asked more and more in recent weeks.. What's wrong with people? Can contractors not think about a situation BEFORE they put pen to paper anymore? In my opinion, once you have signed a contract you have to honour it in principle. There would have to be something seriously wrong for me to find it acceptable to walk out of a contract. So I guess the question is why do you want to pull out?

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        #4
        Originally posted by AZZIK
        can i pull out?
        Cheers
        i always use the withdrawal method. safer to unload on 'em instead of in 'em.

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          #5
          If in doubt keep it out.
          Too close for missiles, I'm switching to guns.

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            #6
            Originally posted by el duder
            i always use the withdrawal method. safer to unload on 'em instead of in 'em.
            You really aren't getting much are you El Duder.....

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              #7
              Originally posted by Ardesco
              You really aren't getting much are you El Duder.....

              getting enough.

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                #8
                Originally posted by el duder
                getting enough.
                Self administered probably...
                Illegitimus non carborundum est!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by AZZIK
                  If I have signed a contract where i would be starting on monday, i have now changed my mind - can i pull out by letting the agency know? Or can the agnecy/client sue me in any way?

                  Cheers
                  Yes and probably.

                  Have both parties agreed and signed the contract?

                  I'll disagree slightly with Orangutan:

                  Yes - It would be unprofessional
                  Yes - You'll make the rest of us look bad
                  Yes - You'll never get another gig with the client

                  You'll never get another gig with the agency
                  - Unlikely. If they need you, then they'll come back to you. I've just had an agency ring me, who terminated a contract of mine last year citing "unprofessional behaviour"

                  You'll never get another gig where anyone who was involved in finding/engaging you works
                  - Again unlikely

                  The main one is the client will never work with you again, and anyone working with the client will probably bad mouth you. It's a small world out there, and being known as "the guy who doesn't turn up" is not really a reputation I would want to be looking at.
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Flubster
                    Self administered probably...
                    Originally posted by el duder
                    safer to unload on 'em instead of in 'em.
                    Surely the difference between on and in a tissue is small?
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