Job Advertised at Six Months Offered Three Months Instead

[ladymuck]

I've worked on a SOW basis. It should define the scope of the work, estimated duration, payment terms etc. It's a better B2B way of engaging, if you're savvy enough...

[Plonitus]

Was Given a Contact

So you've nothing to sign that details payment terms, termination clauses and so on? So you go back to the agent and ask them for it.

You've got to be a bit smarter than this. This is your job now

I was given a contract. The upshot was that the client had a SOW with the third party up to the end of the year.

[northernladuk]

The contract turned out to be a Statement of Work (SOW). Has any other one else come across this?

So you've nothing to sign that details payment terms, termination clauses and so on? So you go back to the agent and ask them for it.

You've got to be a bit smarter than this. This is your job now

[Plonitus]

Its a Statement of Work

The contract turned out to be a Statement of Work (SOW). Has any other one else come across this?

[sal]

It could be worse. They could offer you 6 months then given notice at the 3 month point!

It could be worse. They could offer 6 months then send you packing day one for no reason.

The length of the contract is irrelevant in either the contract or the ad. The only thing that matters is, if there is work to be done on site.

[GhostofTarbera]

Job Advertised at Six Months Offered Three Months Instead

I assume all contacts are 1 day long and happily surprised when they roll on for years


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[SussexSeagull]

Unless it is being billed as a specific short term contract (shortest I have had is 3 weeks) I must confess to not taking too much notice of contract lengths anymore. I have had too many where you are initially told they will be enough work to keep you there for ages then being let go a few months later when no one wants to pay for the work to think otherwise (although the opposite can happen, of course).

[PerfectStorm]

Take it anyway, you'll lose more money dicking about finding the next one unless you have something else on the table.

I've had 3 month contracts turn into 2 years, and 6 month ones cancel in month 3. Past a certain point it's sometimes quite meaningless (I don't take the 4 week ones though). If you're still good at the end of month 3 they'll keep you

[BrilloPad]

It could be worse. They could offer you 6 months then given notice at the 3 month point!

[Paralytic]

It’s not a “job”.

Actually, in this case, it does.

[BackupBoy]

It’s not a “job”.

[ladymuck]

A short gig to the end of the year could still turn out to be a long one. It's possible that they haven't set the 2020 budget yet and an extension could come along if your face fits. If you need the work, its a good stop gap and you can look to find something else to start in the New Year if it is only going to be three months.

I worked on a rolling one month contract for a while. Now that was tedious; having the same "do you still need me" conversation every few weeks.

[northernladuk]

And remember, the contract is really only as long as there is work so the 3 months is pretty meaningless as well.

[northernladuk]

My thoughts are this so straight forward there doesn't need to be any thought.

Advert is meaningless, you are a 'contact'or.

As simple as that.

[Plonitus]

Just received the Contract from the client stipulating three months instead of six months. The client is to doing work for a third party where I will be working soley on the third party site.

The recruitment consultant told that that the third party is only offering work until the end of the year.

What are your thoughts on this?