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BNPP at it again (snip snip)
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostI reiterate a client supplier relationship is not a level playing field.
Originally posted by northernladuk View PostJumping ship just because you want more money is mercenary and a tad unprofessional. The situation really dictates to what extent.
Jumping ship mid-contract for more money (and assuming you've factored in the ill-will that it may cause - i.e. you just may never want to go back to that client in the future anyway) is good business for your Ltd.
It is indeed the exact same (yet opposite) of the client dumping a contractor earning X and replacing him with a contractor earning Y (where X > Y), or just generally enforcing the reduction of contractor rates, so as to reduce his costs. Dumping a lower paying contract for a higher one is simply increasing your revenue and acting entirely within your fiduciary duty to your Ltd.Comment
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Originally posted by billybiro View Post
It is indeed the exact same (yet opposite) of the client dumping a contractor earning X and replacing him with a contractor earning Y (where X > Y), or just generally enforcing the reduction of contractor rates, so as to reduce his costs. Dumping a lower paying contract for a higher one is simply increasing your revenue and acting entirely within your fiduciary duty to your Ltd.
Thing is we are really happy when the odd client does this aren't we? <sarcasm tag>. If the odd client does this which causes every single contractor to become mercenary just because their incorrect assumption that this is what clients will do then all hell will break loose. I'd like to think on the whole everyone acts professionally with the odd client pulling this trick and the odd contractor acting like a Dick. We might achieve some middle ground and not descend in to chaos. You can have tulipty clients and tulipty contractors but I'd like that to stay a minority.
Maybe I should take my rosy spectacles off and get back to real life.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostIf the odd client does this which causes every single contractor to become mercenary just because their incorrect assumption that this is what clients will do then all hell will break loose. I'd like to think on the whole everyone acts professionally with the odd client pulling this trick and the odd contractor acting like a Dick. We might achieve some middle ground and not descend in to chaos. You can have tulipty clients and tulipty contractors but I'd like that to stay a minority.
Maybe I should take my rosy spectacles off and get back to real life. .
But one must recognize that the non negociable, take-it-or-f*-off rate cuts have become an unpleasant trend in the past few years.
And if there is a an increase in the mercenary mindset, it is largely due to the increasingly hardball approach to contractors of the buyers.
I do tend to agree with the "fiduciary duty to one's ltd" argument. Sometimes jumping ship for better pay is not being greedy, it is just good management of your ltd.Comment
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Agree with all that. Its a balance and something to be considered at each point. Not just an across the board attitude some people have. But that's my take on it. Anyway.. Said my piece now.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by SussexSeagull View PostBroadly true although a key person who does it just before a deadline would have a stronger hand (not that I am saying anyone should do it).Comment
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