Comments on: Job hunt time again

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:51:59 +0000

close Charles. but actually this was just a body shop. The banks are a whole other level of bullying bullshit.

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:05:02 +0000

Sounds like a Bank application form :-)

Current contract has a similar thing. These things are contractually are a restraint of trade and it would be very difficult for the said agency to win that case in court. Have you ever heard anyone being taken to court because of that clause? Me neither.

By: ptiongson

ptiongson — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:27:34 +0000

I empathize with you on the “NDA” thing. I was in a similar position with a company I was dealing with (I also do projects) – it essentially said I couldn’t work with another company it “deems competitive to our business” for a period of one year after the contract ends. Which was BS. And there was a clause that suggested that I “accept these as reasonable and will not affect (my) livelihood”. I had to engage a lawyer to try to get it right. In the end, I said no and walked away. Not worth the money.

By: Pob

Pob — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:32:40 +0000

Not just me who feels this way then, eh.

The part you forgot to mention is how the agencies have virtually sewn up the market even though they have little understanding of the jobs they’re pretending – sorry, attempting – to fill for their clients.

There are many I’ve spoken to over the last year or so – mostly where they’ve contacted me on a speculative basis, as I try not to have anything to do with them if I can help it – who don’t really know or understand what the required skill-sets are, wouldn’t recognise a consultant/contractor who fulfilled these anyway, and seem unable to write – or even copy/paste – a coherent job spec even when they try.

Good job I still have enough work coming in from my existing client-list so that I can live without these guys for now. I dread the day when this may start to dry up.