Reply to: Threats from agency

[iainp999]

Yup. A day. 1/3 of my daily. Director in Dusseldorf who didn't like me. Was working in Clientcos Paddington office 2 weeks later and flying to DUS 2 days every week. Bumped into him every day in DUS and it was awkward.

No loyalty given or expected in telecoms. Telco governance get departments or whole opcos to compete against each other, to weed out the weak & 'increase productivity'.

sounds like fun...

[clearedforlanding]

A day? Either you got obliterated or there was plenty of cream to skim...!

Yup. A day. 1/3 of my daily. Director in Dusseldorf who didn't like me. Was working in Clientcos Paddington office 2 weeks later and flying to DUS 2 days every week. Bumped into him every day in DUS and it was awkward.

No loyalty given or expected in telecoms. Telco governance get departments or whole opcos to compete against each other, to weed out the weak & 'increase productivity'.

[PerfectStorm]

I got legal threats and an invoice for £18,900 after picking up my laptop and walking straight out of the door when I was told the client had stipulated a £300 rate cut with immediate effect. Nothing came of it.

A day? Either you got obliterated or there was plenty of cream to skim...!

[LondonManc]

No, sorry, should have been clearer. I was through an agency on a client site. Client decided that they no longer wanted to deal through that agency and so handed them (and therefore us) notice. Client then installed new agency and asked contractors if they'd like to stay on through new agency. I said yes.

Old agency wrote threatening legal action and seeking redress for loss of earnings. I told them to go for it and then never heard back on the matter.

6 months later they have the "perfect role" for me and are all chummy again.

I politely declined.

We want to sue you because you're doing work that we can no longer offer. Yeah, that would work.

Probably just the agency trying to do what comes naturally and get as much money as they can out of the situation.

[clearedforlanding]

I got legal threats and an invoice for £18,900 after picking up my laptop and walking straight out of the door when I was told the client had stipulated a £300 rate cut with immediate effect. Nothing came of it.

[NickNick]

No, sorry, should have been clearer. I was through an agency on a client site. Client decided that they no longer wanted to deal through that agency and so handed them (and therefore us) notice. Client then installed new agency and asked contractors if they'd like to stay on through new agency. I said yes.

Old agency wrote threatening legal action and seeking redress for loss of earnings. I told them to go for it and then never heard back on the matter.

6 months later they have the "perfect role" for me and are all chummy again.

I politely declined.

[SlipTheJab]

I've had an agency go from threatening me with legal action to callng up about a role as if they were my best friend in 6 months.

For turning down a contract?

[NickNick]

At agency level never. Six months later they get a role thats perfect and your the only one who fits. Agency aint gonna care you messed them about previously.

I've had an agency go from threatening me with legal action to callng up about a role as if they were my best friend in 6 months.

[NigelJK]

One agent is peed off with you but another at same place doesnt give a monkeys if it gets him commision instead.

+1

Better still if the 'pro' agent skips ship to another agency.

[psychocandy]

All a recruiter needs to do is mark the candidate's Daxtra (or whatever software) file with "conversation required" - as in somewhere in the spectrum of "talk to me before recommending this person to another client" and "carry on looking for someone else" depending on scarcity.

HR can do the same.

One agency out of 10 million. Probably even just one agent out of that agency. I've seen that happen too. One agent is peed off with you but another at same place doesnt give a monkeys if it gets him commision instead.

[clearedforlanding]

Doesn't that rely on them knowing who you are in the first place, and remembering? Even a small company is deluged in CVs pretty much constantly.

CTRL-F?

[d000hg]

Some points to consider from experience:
Don't expect to work at that end client that you've turned down. Ever. I know some have informal lists.

Doesn't that rely on them knowing who you are in the first place, and remembering? Even a small company is deluged in CVs pretty much constantly.

[clearedforlanding]

Depending on your skillset it means SFA.

Hence why I wrote

depending on scarcity.

[SueEllen]

All a recruiter needs to do is mark the candidate's Daxtra (or whatever software) file with "conversation required" - as in somewhere in the spectrum of "talk to me before recommending this person to another client" and "carry on looking for someone else" depending on scarcity.

HR can do the same.

Depending on your skillset it means SFA.

[clearedforlanding]

All a recruiter needs to do is mark the candidate's Daxtra (or whatever software) file with "conversation required" - as in somewhere in the spectrum of "talk to me before recommending this person to another client" and "carry on looking for someone else" depending on scarcity.

HR can do the same.