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Jobs Contract — Re: Recommended IT contract agencies by Design-Crowd (991 views)
The last three agencies I used, took 3 months to pay me after they got
lawyer letters. I will not touch a recruitment agencies again
Regards
JohnT (admin)
www.designcrowd.com
Freelancers Freedom From Fees
"Cathy & Co." <cathyparkerathome@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 04:47:24 +0000, Andrew Hirst
> <andrew.hirst@hirstar.plus.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Can anyone recommend some IT contract employment agencies that they have
> >had good experiences with?, as sometime in the future I'm thinking of
> >starting up as an IT freelancer.
> >
> >One agency that I had in mind is Progressive recruitment are they quite
> >good?.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Andy
>
>
> Don't touch Progressive with a barge poll!
>
> You only have to look at the ridiculous wording of their contracts to
> see that they are con merchants. They try to tie you down to so many
> clauses, some of which might possibly be illegal under UK law.
>
> Just because they're big doesn't mean they're best - take my word for
> it, I made the mistake of using them once - never again.
>