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Agency payment schedule - no morals?
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Originally posted by likewise View PostLOL ....my god, you two probably work for the agency! like i said, i asked for peoples opinion on the agency and im the one getting scrutinised! ha ha, this is bizarre! I did want to know peoples opinion on here because a couple of other contractors i had spoken to said they would have been furious and would have approached the local MP's of the agency local area and where i live, along with the local newspapers in both areas but i thought that was a bit much, it appears no sympathy from most people on here. Right im off, ill check back on here tomorrow, before i end up wasting my evening potentially bickering on the internet.....
Re your financial situation, and this is going to sound really preachy, but you need to start to look at your finances in a more mature way. Build up a warchest and don't spend every penny on luxuries. 10 years of contracting you should be very well off and not running out of cash within a month.
Like I say very preachy, but I don't think you'll get much sympathy anywhere if you tell people you spent all your cash on a holiday and you're upset that someone else is not taking a financial risk on your behalf.
I really hope you have enough cash left over for VAT and Corp Tax (assuming you go through a LTD). And if so, why couldn't you take a director's loan from your company until your invoice has been paid?I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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I can't believe you didn't have a credit card or something to pay to commute to a new job ? Couldn't you have borrowed a bit of cash of relative or a friend ?
You really are in the wrong place to be looking for sympathy lolComment
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Originally posted by likewise View PostLOL ....my god, you two probably work for the agency!Comment
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Originally posted by KinooOrKinog View PostBy the time you moan your MP (they don't care), local paper (no story) & their granny you'll have been paid. Not really the agency's fault you p1ssed all your money away.Comment
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Originally posted by dx4100 View PostI can't believe you didn't have a credit card or something to pay to commute to a new job ? Couldn't you have borrowed a bit of cash of relative or a friend ?
You really are in the wrong place to be looking for sympathy lolComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostI would never have become a contractor without a good warchest.
Originally posted by likewise View PostCan anyone tell me if im in the wrong or not by thinking this agency has no morals.
I agree with the others. Anyone who hasn't got a decent level of savings after ten years contracting only has themselves to blame. In my case I made sure all my debts were paid off and I built up reasonable savings before I started enjoying my wealth. 25 years later I still maintain enough to live on for twelve months with no work, and have substantial savings and investments in various places for my retirement.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by likewise View PostCan anyone tell me if im in the wrong or not by thinking this agency has no morals.
If you're looking for an agency with some morals, best of luck, but it's not how I'd choose to spend the next 30 years...His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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