Contractor asked by company to go direct

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DJBrandy

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I am a contractor in the IT line and recently my company asked if I'd work for them directly. I must admit I am not comfortable with this. I do not wish to ruin my relationship with IT agencies, and yet there is more money and a long term contract on the table. Besides that I get on very well with my current company and I do enjoy working here. What would be the advice of those here?
 
Are you that well known that the IT agencies will remember you in a few years if you go back knocking on their door? ("That fecker Brandy is back looking for a bit of work, what a nerve"!)

You have more rights as an employee so along with the more money and a long term contract... is it really that hard?
 
Isn't it generally the case that the company pays off the agency in situations like this?
 
DJ

As someone once said to me, "there is no loyalty in business" so go the route you feel is best suited to you. However you need to check you contract with the agency. It may have a clause that prohibits you from taking a direct contract with their client. If that clause is there then you, the agency and your new employer may have to have a chat as to how to come into the new arrangement. I am sure if the employer is willing to give a finders fee to the agency then you may have no problems.

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A point to remember is that the agency doesn't care about its relationship with you - it cares about the relationship between themselves and your actual employer.
It makes sense too - if they pee off a company, the company can just get its agency work done elsewhere - the agency will do whatever it can to keep the company happy and protect its income stream, if that means losing 1 or 2 contracters to that company, so be it.

From once you're not breaking any clauses as Capaill mentioned you're free to do what you like.

If you're back looking for contract work in 12 months time, and you have the required skills for a job, no agency will kick you back. They're only interested in
placing someone into a company so they can generate income themselves.
 
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