Re: FN-FORUM Why do we put up with bad agencies ?

date posted 23rd May 2001 17:38

I just thought I'd put my two pennies worth in.

I am working through an agency at the moment who have placed me at the
MoD/BT in Swindon providing Oracle/ASP/NT programming.

I've been there since the beginning of January, and the contract ends at the
end of June.

As I live on the Isle of Wight, I have to travel and stay up there during
the week - but a couple of weeks ago, my fiancee had an epileptic seizure
(first one in 7 years) - which meant I was required at home immediately.

I have been home since, trying to get things back to normality.

Imagine my surprise, when the Agency rang me and said that although they
understand my situation, it's not really their problem and unless I went
back to Swindon immediately - the MOD/BT were going to Sue me for breach of
contract, and the agency would also in turn!!

They're all just bas***ds (well most of them)

C.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter McCormack" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Why do we put up with bad agencies ?


> I like agencies
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Ebdon" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 4:37 PM
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Why do we put up with bad agencies ?
>
>
> > Darren,
> >
> > I spend ages thinking about this. Agencies are hopeless generally but
the
> > one thing they do well is keep plugging away at companies to find
> > opportunities. All they can do is put bums on seats - ask them to
deviate
> > from that and they're lost.
> >
> > A good example is an agent who rang me today. 'Hello Pete, it's
(couldn't
> > hear his name) from (agency I'd never heard of)'...'just wanted to touch
> > base and get an update of your work situation'. I told him I'd sorted
out
> > an office and was only lookinf for projects that we could bring
in-house.
> > Then I got 'well, if you find you get stuck and need to use contractors
or
> > get into heavy recruiting, call me and I'll see if I can help'. They
just
> > don't get it, do they? :)
> >
> > Give me a call some time and we'll come up with a plan. My current
> thinking
> > is based around a core consultancy with associates where the consultancy
> > pays for someone to market them and the services of the associate
members.
> > That's as far as I've got because I keep getting snowed under with other
> > stuff.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Pete
> >
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