As others said keep looking
if you end up with 2 offers you may be able to bump the rate. “I love this role but someone else has offered x”, as long as you are preferred for them to call your bluff.
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As others have said. If you want the role sign the contract, but keep looking as if you haven’t got a role and feel free to bin the comtract you have signed off in the event another turns up.
Never had more than a 1-2 week delay personally, but weird times now so their reasons could be genuine.
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I should have started my current one in the middle of December and ended up starting at the end of January. although there was Christmas in the middle.
Sign the contract and keep looking. They could actually fit in a short contract in that period and everyone would be happy.
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I got offered a role which was pulled cos of Covid. Told they would pick it up again but never happened. Would sign the contract and keep looking. If they find something else then bin this one.
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Originally posted by edison View PostA friend was offered an inside IR35 contract this week for a dream role. Then at the very last moment the company asked if he could start in July - whilst they were doing the status determination with him!
Anyone ever experienced this magnitude of last minute delay?
The few times where prospective clients have pushed back start dates, it’s ended up not going ahead for one reason or the other - either I moved on to another role or they went awol.
As a contractor, there’s a cost to waiting around for a role to start and zero assurance that it ever will!Last edited by sreed; 22 March 2024, 11:15.
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostTell your "friend" to keep looking.
I've had interviews for stuff and been told I've got it, but that the date was being pushed back. Never trust a contract until you've got paid for your first period of work.
Agree, you should always keep looking. My mate cancelled other interviews as well, schoolboy error which I made myself as a newbie contractor.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostI've had a gig pulled signing contract and a weeks wait which then popped back up nearly six months later. Reason was project delays so they paused the recruitment. Was already in gig when they called me to kick it all off again. Sounds very similar to this but they at least did the decent thing and didn't embarrass themselves asking if I could start in six months.
When you say company. The client or the agent?
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostTell your "friend" to keep looking.
I've had interviews for stuff and been told I've got it, but that the date was being pushed back. Never trust a contract until you've got paid for your first period of work.
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Originally posted by edison View PostA friend was offered an inside IR35 contract this week for a dream role. Then at the very last moment the company asked if he could start in July - whilst they were doing the status determination with him!
Anyone ever experienced this magnitude of last minute delay?
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Tell your "friend" to keep looking.
I've had interviews for stuff and been told I've got it, but that the date was being pushed back. Never trust a contract until you've got paid for your first period of work.
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I've had a gig pulled signing contract and a weeks wait which then popped back up nearly six months later. Reason was project delays so they paused the recruitment. Was already in gig when they called me to kick it all off again. Sounds very similar to this but they at least did the decent thing and didn't embarrass themselves asking if I could start in six months.
When you say company. The client or the agent?
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You got the contract role - can you start in 4 months?
A friend was offered an inside IR35 contract this week for a dream role. Then at the very last moment the company asked if he could start in July - whilst they were doing the status determination with him!
Anyone ever experienced this magnitude of last minute delay?Tags: None
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