A thought thats been brooding in my head for the last few days:
I've read quite a lot on the boards about going direct, but my question is more along the lines of replacing the agency ( its just idle speculation)
Say I work for a a big project company, I'm a typical contractor with a ltd and I find the job and work thru an agency.
The project company has a number of upcoming big projects spanning the next few years
Myself and X others are are well regarded within the project company and they would be keen to retain our services.
So, after the first contract ends, I want to increase my rate -
I personally could:
a) Attempt to contract directly with the project company - bypassing the agency (assuming no clause that prevents this in my contract)
b) continue working thru the agency
but whats to stop the group of us forming a new company that would act as an agency for US? ie our new agency company replaces (in part) the original agency. The original agency still supplies 50% of the contractors, another agency supplies 45% and we provide 5%.
The project company gets our services at the same rate. We get to cut the original agency out of the equation and if we secure more work in the future we get to hire more contractors thru our new agency and WE take the cut.
All well and good in abstract theory - but I'm sure there are some flaws in my master plan. I guess I'm asking to be shot down and told what the agency provides to the project company that OUR newly formed agency company couldn't supply.
Cheers
I've read quite a lot on the boards about going direct, but my question is more along the lines of replacing the agency ( its just idle speculation)
Say I work for a a big project company, I'm a typical contractor with a ltd and I find the job and work thru an agency.
The project company has a number of upcoming big projects spanning the next few years
Myself and X others are are well regarded within the project company and they would be keen to retain our services.
So, after the first contract ends, I want to increase my rate -
I personally could:
a) Attempt to contract directly with the project company - bypassing the agency (assuming no clause that prevents this in my contract)
b) continue working thru the agency
but whats to stop the group of us forming a new company that would act as an agency for US? ie our new agency company replaces (in part) the original agency. The original agency still supplies 50% of the contractors, another agency supplies 45% and we provide 5%.
The project company gets our services at the same rate. We get to cut the original agency out of the equation and if we secure more work in the future we get to hire more contractors thru our new agency and WE take the cut.
All well and good in abstract theory - but I'm sure there are some flaws in my master plan. I guess I'm asking to be shot down and told what the agency provides to the project company that OUR newly formed agency company couldn't supply.
Cheers
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