I've just signed a contract yesterday , only to have it cancelled this morning. I was supposed to be on client site Monday and had completed all the required paperwork for the agency. IR35 check, business indemnity insurance, copies of my passport, the works. Agent calls this morning and tells me the client thought the rate was £380 instead of £450 and he can see why I would walk for that. I told him I wouldn't work for that and could come down £10 on the daily rate it says on the contract in an emergency. I think it's very likely that the rate thing is made up and there's some other reason to cancel me. Perhaps the end client got somebody else and the agent was out of the loop.
What should I do now? Is there any way I can call the client direct? There was one more consultancy group (B) between the agency (A) and the end client (C). My contract is with A to provide services to B. The agent (A) seemed to be always lacking specific knowledge of the client, couldn't give a good job spec and didn't know much about the interview. He made a lot of mistakes and was useless overall, other than getting me the interview.
I've wasted three days of faffing around and £50 on a QDOS check, I don't expect to get that back. I don't expect to get paid for any notice period or anything like that.
My big questions are:
How can I tell if I am prohibited from contacting the end client and making an agreement with them myself?
Do I need to get something in writing from the Agency or the middle client (B) that I'm not going to work with them.
Should I request that the agency destroy all the highly perosnal data I've given them? They've got copies of my passport.
Anything else I should think about?
What should I do now? Is there any way I can call the client direct? There was one more consultancy group (B) between the agency (A) and the end client (C). My contract is with A to provide services to B. The agent (A) seemed to be always lacking specific knowledge of the client, couldn't give a good job spec and didn't know much about the interview. He made a lot of mistakes and was useless overall, other than getting me the interview.
I've wasted three days of faffing around and £50 on a QDOS check, I don't expect to get that back. I don't expect to get paid for any notice period or anything like that.
My big questions are:
How can I tell if I am prohibited from contacting the end client and making an agreement with them myself?
Do I need to get something in writing from the Agency or the middle client (B) that I'm not going to work with them.
Should I request that the agency destroy all the highly perosnal data I've given them? They've got copies of my passport.
Anything else I should think about?
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