Silly agency

[chicane]

File your timesheets after sending them. Email instead of faxing if you can.

What you say all makes sense - unfortunately the way in which most agencies work isn't often well aligned with the concept of sense.

This particular agency (amazingly in this day and age) requires contractors to fill in their timesheets online, print them out, get them signed, then fax them to the agency office. I tried pleading ignorance at the start of the contract by sending by email to no avail.

The previous contract was through an S3 agency and the timesheets and billing were entirely online - you fill in your timesheet, an email is sent to the client rep to show them your claimed hours, they click on a link in the email to confirm those hours and you get paid a couple of days later. I'm not full of kind words for the S3 agencies, but their timesheet system is the way things should be.

[Charles Foster Kane]

My agency has managed to lose the faxed copy of a timesheet sent to them at the beginning of November - they claimed they'd never even received it until I offered to sent the confirmation email they provide every time they receive a faxed timesheet.

It seems inevitable that I'll eventually need to find the original timesheet and re-fax it to them, but in the meantime I'd like some ideas on how to help them realise their own stupidity for managing to lose a timesheet, and then accusing me of never sending it. Idiots.

File your timesheets after sending them. Email instead of faxing if you can.

[chicane]

Chicane, you have clearly taken too many drugs this lunchtime. I suggest you go and have a lie down, ready for the evening.

It's all true, no word of a lie!

[Moscow Mule]

You are clearly hallucinating.

Chicane, you have clearly taken too many drugs this lunchtime. I suggest you go and have a lie down, ready for the evening.

[TimberWolf]

Look for the words "without prejudice" written in invisible ink.

[NotAllThere]

You are clearly hallucinating.

[Moose423956]

News update ... agency called back to inform me that they've now found the offending timesheet. This would indicate that the agency is admitting to a mistake.

Surely a landmark point in history?

I bet they didn't say sorry!

[chicane]

News update ... agency called back to inform me that they've now found the offending timesheet. This would indicate that the agency is admitting to a mistake.

Surely a landmark point in history?

[tay]

Sarcasm isnt your strong suit is it.

[Denny]

My agency has managed to lose the faxed copy of a timesheet sent to them at the beginning of November - they claimed they'd never even received it until I offered to sent the confirmation email they provide every time they receive a faxed timesheet.

It seems inevitable that I'll eventually need to find the original timesheet and re-fax it to them, but in the meantime I'd like some ideas on how to help them realise their own stupidity for managing to lose a timesheet, and then accusing me of never sending it. Idiots.

Remember the first rule of business: the customer is always right. Right?

EBs are our customers so they are never wrong. So if you sent the timesheet and they say you didn't, then you didn't.

I can't believe some of the attitudes on this forum. EBs are here to help us and support our businesses and they work darned hard on our behalf, and we seem to have a lot of ungrateful contractors on CUK suggesting we send them dog mess instead of suggesting that you ring the recruiter and apologise for your silly mistake.

You ungrateful lot, you!

[tay]

Or fax them a dog turd...


Oh.

I've just thought of a problem with that...

You dont have a dog handy?

[Moose423956]

Yes. My girlfriend will do one for you if you like.

Is she a dog?

[wendigo100]

Send them a dog turd in the post.

Yes. My girlfriend will do one for you if you like.

[Moose423956]

Send them a dog turd in the post.

[chicane]

My agency has managed to lose the faxed copy of a timesheet sent to them at the beginning of November - they claimed they'd never even received it until I offered to sent the confirmation email they provide every time they receive a faxed timesheet.

It seems inevitable that I'll eventually need to find the original timesheet and re-fax it to them, but in the meantime I'd like some ideas on how to help them realise their own stupidity for managing to lose a timesheet, and then accusing me of never sending it. Idiots.