Companies who take on IT contractors usually employ daft wee girls in HR who would start crying if they got a nasty phone call from an agent.
I'm sure the construction industry is a bit more robust and nobody would be that bothered giving a "GTF" down the phone.
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The difference between IT contractors V Sparkys
One other crucial difference is that most Sparkys I know would not hesitate to deck any agent that looked like he would loose him a few quid for anything as trivial as contractual obligations etc .
Not sure that this practice has filtered into the IT contracting market place....yet!!
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Originally posted by Ivor Bigun View PostElectricians arn't normally limited companies.
As someone else said, employment vs contract law.
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Originally posted by expat View PostTalking to my OH last night, she works for an electrical contractor.
"But isn't there a clause in the contract that you can't take him on direct for 6 months or a year or something?" I asked.
"Don't know. That wouldn't stop us anyway," she said.
"But wouldn't the agency come after you? Sue you?" I asked.
As someone else said, employment vs contract law.
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostAlso IT charge rates are probably 2-3 times higher, margins 2-3 times bigger and contracts 2-3 times longer, so an IT contract could be worth 10 times as much to an agent as a 'leccy one.
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostAlso IT charge rates are probably 2-3 times higher, margins 2-3 times bigger and contracts 2-3 times longer, so an IT contract could be worth 10 times as much to an agent as a 'leccy one.
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Also IT charge rates are probably 2-3 times higher, margins 2-3 times bigger and contracts 2-3 times longer, so an IT contract could be worth 10 times as much to an agent as a 'leccy one.
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Agents
Talking to my OH last night, she works for an electrical contractor. She mentioned an electrician working for them (sub-contracting to them), who had previously worked for them through an agent. So they took him on directly, to save agent's fees.
"Does the agent let you away with that?" I asked.
"We only took the electrician on after the end of his contract with them," she replied, "so what's the problem?"
"But isn't there a clause in the contract that you can't take him on direct for 6 months or a year or something?" I asked.
"Don't know. That wouldn't stop us anyway," she said.
"But wouldn't the agency come after you? Sue you?" I asked.
"Why would they waste their time doing that?" she retorted, "They'd swear at us, then go and get on with another contract, not waste time and money on arguing with us".
So, I asked myself, what's different in IT? In the construction industry (recession, what recession?) there are so many other jobs to fill and guys to place, relative to the number of agents, that an agent is much better to move on and get working elsewhere, rather than argue over one contract. In IT there are far too many agents for the industry, so every agent will hold on to every resource like grim death, and argue about one contract rather than just going and getting others.Tags: None
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