Good morning fellow contractors !
Looking for some advice on a current contract I have started 4th June at a local company for 4 weeks initially but already been told it will extend to end of July.
Basically my agency have not sent me my login details for their portal so I can see contract details and more importantly my timeheets and to add invoices.
I have chased them up numerous times before starting and spoken to my account manager direct who apologised and mumbled on about back office issues, switching over to a new system etc but should have details by close of play this week.
I would like to get this resolved asap as I was expecting to get my first week in and signed off but at the moment I feel I am effectively working for free waiting for the agency to pull it's finger out.
It is bad enough that I have to wait 12 working days for the payment to clear.
One of the contractors onside who has been here three months has said he is constantly having to pay £50 upfront for chaps to get his funds cleared because they are paying late and he cannot afford to wait on their timescales.Also the IT manager signs off timesheets late and always needs chasing up.
I took this as I have just finished a 2 year contract and wanted this to tied me over while awaiting interviews for two longer term ones which will start the end of this month.Plus I am picking up skills in Xenapp and Citix which I need for my CV. The rate is cr@p but it is 8 mins from home so at least I am not having to fork out for travel or fuel etc.
I plan to walk next week if they do not have the details sent over as basically I can see myself getting turned over for this awaiting their payments two and a half weeks later.How do I stand legally on this ?
Any advice ? Should I stick this out and lose potential £2k for the month or cut my losses and not be sat here providing a free service to this company ?
Looking for some advice on a current contract I have started 4th June at a local company for 4 weeks initially but already been told it will extend to end of July.
Basically my agency have not sent me my login details for their portal so I can see contract details and more importantly my timeheets and to add invoices.
I have chased them up numerous times before starting and spoken to my account manager direct who apologised and mumbled on about back office issues, switching over to a new system etc but should have details by close of play this week.
I would like to get this resolved asap as I was expecting to get my first week in and signed off but at the moment I feel I am effectively working for free waiting for the agency to pull it's finger out.
It is bad enough that I have to wait 12 working days for the payment to clear.
One of the contractors onside who has been here three months has said he is constantly having to pay £50 upfront for chaps to get his funds cleared because they are paying late and he cannot afford to wait on their timescales.Also the IT manager signs off timesheets late and always needs chasing up.
I took this as I have just finished a 2 year contract and wanted this to tied me over while awaiting interviews for two longer term ones which will start the end of this month.Plus I am picking up skills in Xenapp and Citix which I need for my CV. The rate is cr@p but it is 8 mins from home so at least I am not having to fork out for travel or fuel etc.
I plan to walk next week if they do not have the details sent over as basically I can see myself getting turned over for this awaiting their payments two and a half weeks later.How do I stand legally on this ?
Any advice ? Should I stick this out and lose potential £2k for the month or cut my losses and not be sat here providing a free service to this company ?
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