Reply to: Consequences of not seeing out notice

[BR14]

No we wouldn't.

yes, we bloody well would!

[skedaddle]

see you next tuesday


<can't resist >

That did go through my mind, as I typed!!!

[Old Greg]

This is t'internet - we'd argue over a flipped coin

No we wouldn't.

[mudskipper]

glad I could start a debate!

This is t'internet - we'd argue over a flipped coin

[BR14]

Well, to wrap this up - a compromise of finishing next Tuesday has been agreed. And new client has been very accommodating. Notice period for this contract will be scrutinised, although to be fair the month never bothered me, until they suddenly wanted to slash my hours. I wouldn’t have quit otherwise, so zero notice, a week, 28 days, whatever.

Thanks to everyone for your comments, glad I could start a debate!

see you next tuesday


<can't resist >

[skedaddle]

Well, to wrap this up - a compromise of finishing next Tuesday has been agreed. And new client has been very accommodating. Notice period for this contract will be scrutinised, although to be fair the month never bothered me, until they suddenly wanted to slash my hours. I wouldn’t have quit otherwise, so zero notice, a week, 28 days, whatever.

Thanks to everyone for your comments, glad I could start a debate!

[psychocandy]

Lots of clients with no notice contractor side. And they won't change it.

You accept it or you don't ultimately....

[northernladuk]

You'll have to explain how being able to walk out in a week protects the client because I'm missing that one.

Spin it around client might not want you for the full term either.

My clients can always terminate with immediate effect (or close to it). My contacts are generally set up so that my company cannot walk out the door with little notice.

So you have unequal termination. Nothing wrong with that.

[DeludedKitten]

Lol. Well not really. Termination clauses protect both the client and the contractor.

You'll have to explain how being able to walk out in a week protects the client because I'm missing that one.

My clients can always terminate with immediate effect (or close to it). My contacts are generally set up so that my company cannot walk out the door with little notice.

[northernladuk]

True.
A real business would not have any notice period in the contract at all

Lol. Well not really. Termination clauses protect both the client and the contractor.

[BR14]

same here, not really relevant to the realities of any gig IMMHO

[jmo21]

So what? Challenge it at contract signing and try get it reduced.

I haven't been on a month's notice for a long time know so can't really be the norm can it?

Surprising response from you that MS.

Always a month for me, I’ve never really considered reducing it either.

[DeludedKitten]

A more experienced contractor is also unlikely to accept a months notice either.

True.

That should have been chopped to a week before contract signing.

No it shouldn't.

A real business would not have any notice period in the contract at all - you deliver what you said you'd deliver, and you leave at the end of the contract. The contract that my client has with their client does not give them a clause to walk away mid contract with a week / month / year notice - they are there to deliver (as am I!) and will deliver or pay the penalty clause.

[northernladuk]

Sure - if you can negotiate less, then that's dandy, but I would expect the client to be questioning your commitment to their project. A sample of one isn't always representative.

Both the QDOS and IPSE contract templates (previous - haven't checked current IPSE) have 30 days notice for the contractor.

The QDOS one says..

<<Both parties should have equal rights of termination, the notice period should be as short as possible and ideally not exceed 30 days>>

[mudskipper]

So what? Challenge it at contract signing and try get it reduced.

I haven't been on a month's notice for a long time know so can't really be the norm can it?

Surprising response from you that MS.

Sure - if you can negotiate less, then that's dandy, but I would expect the client to be questioning your commitment to their project. A sample of one isn't always representative.

Both the QDOS and IPSE contract templates (previous - haven't checked current IPSE) have 30 days notice for the contractor.