Im currently working for a agency i get paid a week in advance i was booked into a shift this morning as soon i arrived i was told it’s been cancelled and they have spoken to the agency i looked at my phone and they texted me literally 10min prior to shift starting 1hour commute + 30miles (1 way trip )down the drain agency said they would pay me 2hours if the company agrees as apparently the truck was down so its the company fault. I usually work 12hours on average at said place and try my best:
Anyways agency will pay me 2hours ( i want 5hours min )if company agrees so this is were it get interesting: ( what i want to do )
Wait 2 weeks so agency have paid me said funds into my bank, then accept a day work at the company get a taxi into work drop the trailer off in a random layby 2hours away from the depo with goods inside ( trailer does not have gps so wont tell them were its parked ) bring unit back near my home address and park it outside the police station and hand the keys in and quit = all in all cost the company 1k for playing me about is there anything legally wrong here? then join a new agency or get a perm job somewhere
2)fuel my car with £50 of company diesel
do nothing
Im going pick option 1 yay or nay guys.
ps: i cant deal with chasing the agency/company up to small claim court
Steve H:
And we wonder why we are all “tarnished” with the same brush.
Talk to the agency, at least give them the chance to resolve the situation, before you become another [zb] stain on the blanket of life.
I will do tomorrow mate, but i already contacted them and there stances is 2hours pay if company agrees as it was out there hands company cancelled on them. If they told me a couple of before i got out of bed fair play i wouldn’t moan but i literally attended work only to be told by office staff. I will keep my cool for the timebeing so im called in 2 weeks until resolved
Depends how much you want to keep working for this agency.
If your not fussed. Just wait and see. If you don’t get paid I’d go along the lines off.
Say nothing then if they phone you at the last min for a days work. Id basically agree to turn up at said place.
But don’t .wait untill about 30 mins after you was meant to start then phone up give some kind of excuse like you’ve broke down or something.
Just mess them about.
I see no problem with your proposed actions and would like to add setting fire to their offices and stabbing the managing director to death if front of his/her family.
Get a grip you melon,
It wasn’t anyone’s fault that the truck broke down.
Simply talk to someone in charge about your situation and politely ask for reimbursement.
If you are not happy with the outcome, take it as an opportunity for self improvement by finding a better job.
Option 1) Hopefully you are just trolling as there is something seriously wrong with you if you are planning on doing this
Option 2) Another brilliant idea
Option 3) throwing your toys out the pram not going to work so you just want to sulk?
Act like a grown up, trucks breakdown, messages don’t get through on time and so on, when you signed up with the agency, you would have had terms for what happens in situations like this, how late things can be cancelled and so on. If you agreed they can pay you sod all if a shift is cancelled or 1,2,3 hours, then stop acting like a spoilt brat, chalk it up to experience find another agency and move on with life.
It’s not theft as your intention isn’t to permanently deprive of their property. If they wanted to recover costs from you it would be a civil matter not a criminal offence.
Trucks break down.
And that hit should be absorbed by the company. That includes paying someone (regular or agency) some amount for doing nowt.
That is a business risk and cost. Not a workers risk and cost.
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Having said that, in the real world employers hold more cards than you do. If they are otherwise a good outfit, take the rough with the smooth. If they aren’t, then look elsewhere.
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Nor wanting to get involved in a small claims court, but talking of removing goods, driving a vehicle without owners consent (you have their consent to deliver goods, not joy ride) is perverse.
Keep it straight or you will end up in the mucky stuff
I’m guessing you’ve no plans on wanting to go back there then. Things go wrong and personally I’d not shoot myself in the foot over what, £25?
It’s very easy to get a reputation if you’re a bad attitude driver amongst agencies and I know a few drivers who have gone down the path you’re planning, they’ve ended up getting the crap nobody else wants and when everyone else is busy they’re getting an odd short shift literally because they’re the driver of last resort so the agency won’t phone them until they’ve given everyone else on their books work first. And they’ve found that when they’ve gone to other agencies that’s how they’ve been treated there too.
Conor:
I’m guessing you’ve no plans on wanting to go back there then. Things go wrong and personally I’d not shoot myself in the foot over what, £25?
It’s very easy to get a reputation if you’re a bad attitude driver amongst agencies and I know a few drivers who have gone down the path you’re planning, they’ve ended up getting the crap nobody else wants and when everyone else is busy they’re getting an odd short shift literally because they’re the driver of last resort so the agency won’t phone them until they’ve given everyone else on their books work first. And they’ve found that when they’ve gone to other agencies that’s how they’ve been treated there too.
If I didn’t know better you’re describing a current forum winger [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
