I’ve been working through an agency at the same company for 6 months. This coming Friday at 6pm I’ve got an assessment with another company and different agency.
I’m going to jump the gun and presume the assessment will go ok and they will likely ask me to start straight away which I’m happy to do.
I will be rota’d on for my current place the following week and It’s a 24 hour place.
The options in my mind are:
Wait until after the assessment to see if it went ok and if they offer me work straight away. Phone the agency Saturday morning to say bye bye.
Let my agency know at some point this week that this will be my last week for them.
Option 1 is the obvious choice but I wondered what people generally do in this situation. Cheers
I usually get everything in place before letting them know I would be unavailable from your start date. To be fair to the ones I’ve told they’ve been ok about it, especially if you’re moving to a full time job.
If you are paid weekly then the right thing to do is give 1 weeks notice. Let the new company know that this is the case and that you feel morally obliged to do so. The new company should understand this after all they won’t want to employ someone who will leave without giving them notice. It will also leave you in good standing with the agency if you decide the new job is no good.
That’s just my view. I prefer to leave a company on good terms wherever possible.
Well I certainly wouldn’t divulge owt to your current agy until the other’s a done deal, lest they become snotty and vindictive about being jilted!
Bottom line is neither party is beholden to the other regarding loyalty, and they’re not the ones doing you favours. They earn off your back, after all. They aren’t your employers - just parasitic middle-men brokers.
Jump ship as frequently as you like - them’s the rules!
Treat them the way they’ve treated you, if they’ve cancelled you without any notice then don’t worry about them and leave when you need to but if they’ve been decent to you all the time you’ve worked for them then be decent and try and give them enough notice for them to sort someone else out to cover you
If you want to use them again in the future give them a heads up as soon as you have a start date to give them as much time to sort replacements.
I worked an extra week at my last agency and they said I didn’t need to but they thanked me for it. Also during that week they were offering me loads of better paid stuff to try and turn my head.
When I left the agency 6 yrs ago to start full time I gave a weeks notice and still had work everyday in that last week I did for them mind you they were spot on for an agency, I think it’s a polite thing to do and I’m sure they’ll appreciate it.
I’m new to the agency game and feel morally obliged to give them a heads up, only because it’s very short notice. They haven’t been especially good or bad in my experience and I’m sure both the agency and Company will be able to cover the work.
I’m completely sick of the current job and doing an extra week with every body asking why and where i’m off to doesn’t sound appealing.
Don’t burn your bridges because you never know when you might need to end up working for them again so I’m for a weeks notice even though there is no requirement for you to do so.
If you’ve worked for them the for the last 6 months then I’d be inclined to keep them sweet as they obviously have kept you working. If you get the other position I’d be inclined to ring them Saturday morning and give a weeks notice. At least it leaves the door open if the other place doesn’t work out.
Don’t run before you got the work.
If you get on the new job just tell the other place you’ve secured other work and you need to move you p45 over.
Then tell em thanks for giving you work etc and at any point the new job don’t work out you’ll be sure to come back.
I ain’t an agency fan, and haven’t a lot of experience with them (glad to say) but how come that they can, and do, ■■■■ you about on a whim, as a matter of course, but yet you have to display courtesy and consideration to them by informing them of your intention to leave as you would have to in a proper job. I personally wouldn’t bother my arse.
All this ■■■■■■■■ about not upsetting them, and keeping them sweet, do you not think that this is the reasons that they treat drivers like ■■■■.
robroy:
I ain’t an agency fan, and haven’t a lot of experience with them (glad to say) but how come that they can, and do, [zb] you about on a whim, as a matter of course, but yet you have to display courtesy and consideration to them by informing them of your intention to leave as you would have to in a proper job. I personally wouldn’t bother my arse.
All this ■■■■■■■■ about not upsetting them, and keeping them sweet, do you not think that this is the reasons that they treat drivers like [zb].
The OP hasn’t said anything about treatment like that though has he? I’ve worked for agencies in the past and yeah some do treat you like crap so they get the same treatment in return. One I worked for every Winter treated me well so I gave them notice. They gave me a great reference for current employer and I know I could go back there at anytime. A mate of mine crapped on them and then wanted to return at a later date and he wasn’t accommodated so ■■■■■■■■ is it■■? No it isn’t, it’s called common sense, otherwise known as not burning your bridges and cutting your nose off to spite your face.
robroy:
I ain’t an agency fan, and haven’t a lot of experience with them (glad to say) but how come that they can, and do, [zb] you about on a whim, as a matter of course, but yet you have to display courtesy and consideration to them by informing them of your intention to leave as you would have to in a proper job. I personally wouldn’t bother my arse.
All this ■■■■■■■■ about not upsetting them, and keeping them sweet, do you not think that this is the reasons that they treat drivers like [zb].
The OP hasn’t said anything about treatment like that though has he? I’ve worked for agencies in the past and yeah some do treat you like crap so they get the same treatment in return. One I worked for every Winter treated me well so I gave them notice. They gave me a great reference for current employer and I know I could go back there at anytime. A mate of mine crapped on them and then wanted to return at a later date and he wasn’t accommodated so ■■■■■■■■ is it■■? No it isn’t, it’s called common sense, otherwise known as not burning your bridges and cutting your nose off to spite your face.
Like I said mate, I aint an agency fan, you obviously are.
If they treat you fair and it works for you then fair enough but I reckon that those types are in a small minority and that most of them are in the parasitic category, and are on the whole contemptuous towards the drivers that they need to exist as a business.
My opinion is based on the majority of bad press that they get on here, and on a more personal note, the way that they treat a mate of mine, who is a quiet inoffensive guy who does not answer back, and boy do the ■■■■■■■ s take advantage of that.
Like I said mate, I aint an agency fan, you obviously are.<<
No actually I’m not mate but if I find one that treats me fair which I did, then I’ll treat them the same. Out of all of them in this town I only found the one though. A lot of them I didn’t even get past their pathetic exam question phase due to their attitudes so I walked out before it even got that far. There are a lot of unscrupulous agencies out there who treat people badly and they deserve to get the comeuppance but like I said to the OP if they’ve treated him fair then keep them sweet… and that just applies to that one agency, not all cos he’ll never know when or if he’ll need them again.
I’m a straight dealing reasonable bloke, i gave the agency i was working for a weeks notice, they didn’t give me another shift…not a problem really cos i wanted a week off before starting my current job, they were a petty minded crew so it wasn’t exactly unexpected.
It’s kinda nice though when they contact me, as they do now and again asking me if i have work, to let them know about their version of fair play, and to tell them never again in a million years.
By all means do the right thing if that’s how you operate, if you happen to be working for a bunch of dishonourable wide boys doesn’t mean you have to come down to their level.
Thanks again for the advice. I feel like if Fridays assessment goes well and I ring them on Saturday, i’ll ask them if they want me to do a weeks notice. They’re not a bunch of cowboys, they’ve actually been fine which I was surprised to find as I was expecting a much worse experience from an agency.
