HBOS/Lloyds Banking Group - Hays to Hyphen

[AussieDigger]

I am at Lloyds, via Empiric agemcy and we have heard rumblings of changes to contracts etc - recently we have had to start using 'Peopleclick' to enter our time into.

Around me there are contractors from a number of agencies, with only one Hays who is going through the same change.

yeah, empiric - useless. all care and no responsibility. actually, make that no care either

[en184]

Only hyphen - not everyone

Like everyone else at LBG, en184 has received an email offering the choice of taking a 10% cut (starting in 4 weeks time), or 4 weeks notice to terminate the contract.

Obviously, this is a conspiracy between the client and the agency, so he's blaming the agency for it.

All other consultancies and agencies at Lbg are not subject to cuts.

This is a hyphen ajilon special. After rejecting the cut, they finally agree to keep the original deal. Needed alot of complaints.

[prozak]

Like everyone else at LBG, en184 has received an email offering the choice of taking a 10% cut (starting in 4 weeks time), or 4 weeks notice to terminate the contract.

Obviously, this is a conspiracy between the client and the agency, so he's blaming the agency for it.

Ahhh I see. Very different scenario from what it sounded like.

What a nice disgruntled workforce LBG are creating for themselves.

[TheFaQQer]

Do you have a contract?

Like everyone else at LBG, en184 has received an email offering the choice of taking a 10% cut (starting in 4 weeks time), or 4 weeks notice to terminate the contract.

Obviously, this is a conspiracy between the client and the agency, so he's blaming the agency for it.

[prozak]

I am currently working through Hyphen. They are a dishonest lot. Cannot even keep contract rate the same after 1 month, try to renegotiate.

I wont work for hyphen ever again.

Do you have a contract?

[MarillionFan]

Look on the bright side. They're cost cutting and hopefully my shares in them will go up.

Win win.

[northernladuk]

I am currently working through Hyphen. They are a dishonest lot. Cannot even keep contract rate the same after 1 month, try to renegotiate.

I wont work for hyphen ever again.

Why don't you be a man and stop crying with your spamming and do the honourable thing and quit.. No? Didn't think so. You just sound like a spoilt child.

There are more than you affected by this so stop your crying.

[en184]

Hyphen - avoid - dishonest

I am currently working through Hyphen. They are a dishonest lot. Cannot even keep contract rate the same after 1 month, try to renegotiate.

I wont work for hyphen ever again.

[SneakySimon]

Lloyds

I am at Lloyds, via Empiric agemcy and we have heard rumblings of changes to contracts etc - recently we have had to start using 'Peopleclick' to enter our time into.

Around me there are contractors from a number of agencies, with only one Hays who is going through the same change.

[TestMangler]

Sorry I can't help you with this. I left HBOS/Lloyds at the beginning of April, but just spoke to a Hays corporate account manager friend of mine. Seems Lloyds have gone down the single supplier route with Ajilon (Hyphen) and the other agencies are trying to pick up some second tier stuff. Will be a blow to Hays who had single supplier status with HBoS for a while before the merger and had hundreds of contractors in there.

Might not be the same for you, but my one and only experience of Ajilon wasn't pleasant
Every payment was late/wrong, roles were a mess. I went in as a test manager and ended up having to cover the programme manager for deployments at weekends etc. In the end I engineereda termination as there was no notice period.

Good luck with them !!

[Wanderer]

Have received the new contract to sign but am too knackered to plough through it.

If you are unable to review it yourself then you should get one of the professional reviewers to have a look at it for you...

[BillHicksRIP]

Any HBOS/LBG contractors on here who are supplied by Hays? Any concerns about the forced change of supply to Hyphen? Have received the new contract to sign but am too knackered to plough through it. Anyone else has had a look? We've got two weeks to sign it or you won't get paid after 1st Aug.