Re: Contract not paid

Yes definitely you should pursue this. As a recruitment agency owner people
should not be able to get away with this. You worked, so you should
benefit!!


"Jon Dempsey" <jon.dempsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:dj7uo3$3cv$2$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> blackcat wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I need your advice. 7 months ago at the beginning of December I accepted
>> a
>> very short contract in hardware support. I thought it could be only
>> better
>> than nothing and would bring little cash. The agency calling me for a
>> start
>> the next day let me hope that they would work hard to find me something
>> else at a better rate. So I started on Tuesday and finished the job on
>> Friday evening. The team was
>> entirely composed of technicians from Phoenix IT supporting all kinds of
>> hardware at Morgan Stanley, near Canary Wharf. Because I was there for a
>> very short period of time I was given all the crap jobs, changing toner
>> cartridges on printers or moving screens around. I did not mind too much
>> because it was also an opportunity to discover this bank.
>>
>> The manager of the team introduced me to several members on my arrival. I
>> did not talk to him again during the week. On Friday afternoon he was not
>> there and when I left in the evening nobody could sign my time***.
>>
>> To cut the story short (or not too long) that's the problem. After about
>> 50
>> phone calls to different people at Phoenix IT (which is based in
>> Northampton) and to my agency, a letter to the manager of the team, that
>> he
>> has acknowledged once to have received, I can say that I am at the same
>> point. They never answer to letter or calls, transfer me to each other,
>> and
>> put me through to answering machines. I realise that I have nothing to
>> prove that I have done this job.
>> Fortunately I have since found a long term and better contract in the
>> infrastructure team of a big telecom company (with another agency).
>> Should
>> I drop this case or should I risk more money and time in solicitors ?
>>
>> Thank you for all your suggestions.
>>
> If you can spare the time, you did the work so pursue the money


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