The Vultures Are Circling...

Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!

You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

You are not logged in. If you are already registered, fill in the form below to log in, or follow the "Sign Up" link to register a new account.
You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

richard-af replied

3 August 2007, 14:08
Originally posted by WindyAnna

My contract say "Programme Manager" and the client name - could be anything ... the only "useful" name & number they have are the agents I work through.

Wind

Mine's a bit more detailed than that. Vague descriptions are not too smart - how can you fend-off being asked to do work you know you never really signed-up for?
Leave a comment:
WindyAnna replied

3 August 2007, 13:47
My contract say "Programme Manager" and the client name - could be anything ... the only "useful" name & number they have are the agents I work through.

Wind
Leave a comment:
richard-af replied

3 August 2007, 13:35
Originally posted by Ardesco

One with no CV's so you don't know what the people actually do? I suspect a phone book would be just as useful....

Well, my brolly knows what I do - it's in the Contract. And, not too surprisingly, they have useful names, phone numbers, and all that sort of stuff, too.
Leave a comment:
Ardesco replied

3 August 2007, 13:27
Originally posted by richard-af

The magic database of employees details, etc.? Or would that be illegal?

One with no CV's so you don't know what the people actually do? I suspect a phone book would be just as useful....
Leave a comment:
richard-af replied

3 August 2007, 12:57
Originally posted by DodgyAgent

Maybe, but we all have huge under exploited CV databases anyway.

Under exploited? I'd have thought that was an unknown term to you.
Leave a comment:
DodgyAgent replied

3 August 2007, 12:47
Originally posted by richard-af

The magic database of employees details, etc.? Or would that be illegal?

Maybe, but we all have huge under exploited CV databases anyway.
Leave a comment:
richard-af replied

3 August 2007, 12:45
Originally posted by Ardesco

Personally don't see what an umbrella company has to do with agents ?

The magic database of employees details, etc.? Or would that be illegal?
Leave a comment:
Ardesco replied

3 August 2007, 12:00
Originally posted by richard-af

It'd be educational if Dodgy could add a few words on the pros & cons of Agency cannibalism.

Personally don't see what an umbrella company has to do with agents ?
Leave a comment:
DodgyAgent replied

3 August 2007, 11:55
Originally posted by richard-af

It'd be educational if Dodgy could add a few words on the pros & cons of Agency cannibalism.

If you explain a bit more fully about what is going on here then maybe I could bore the lot of you with my own take on matters
Leave a comment:
richard-af replied

3 August 2007, 10:31
It'd be educational if Dodgy could add a few words on the pros & cons of Agency cannibalism.
Leave a comment:
richard-af replied

3 August 2007, 10:30
Originally posted by oraclesmith

We could club together and buy it !

I'd love to, but I've only got change for the bus home, and I really don't want to break into a fiver.
Leave a comment:
thunderlizard replied

3 August 2007, 10:28
I think this picture adequately summarises the umbrella company industry lately.
Leave a comment:
oraclesmith replied

3 August 2007, 10:27
We could club together and buy it !
Leave a comment:
richard-af started a topic The Vultures Are Circling...

3 August 2007, 10:21
The Vultures Are Circling...

Just googled for "Prosperity 4", and saw that nolongerlimited and IR35 advice are already using P4's demise to feather their nests.

***P4 is, obviously, no more***... yet their site is still, as far as I can see, not saying a word about it!

EDIT: please be careful what you say here. some might see this as libellous/litigous. i will edit out any similar comments in future.
sp

Last edited by scotspine; 3 August 2007, 10:53.
Tags: None