What...no one told me this!!!!

[Gibson486]

Got a call from a head hunter. Told me that they had a 4 month contract position. I am desperate for work, so I just said turn my resume in. She then tell sme that if I find a better position that I could always just give a 2 week notice.


WTF!!!!!!!!!


Appearently, entry level contract positions do not require a contract even though they are called contract positions. NO ONE TOLD ME THIS!! Ah man....that means I could have freakin left a contract job I was offered 6 months ago (not that it would have mattered since i was out of work for 6 months) to go to another job. Why do I always learn this stuff after the fact

 

[effee]

Isn't it a well known fact?

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: effee
Isn't it a well known fact?

I thought contract meant both the worker and work place was bound to those terms. i did not know that it was at will. Man, I have this big 7 month gap on my resume

 

[Mermaidman]

There is a contract! It's just that the contract doesn't guarantee that you will have work and get paid.

 

[dquan97]

Didn't u get the memo?

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: dquan97
Didn't u get the memo?

yeah...I just got it 6 months too late. Dam red tape

 

[Phoenix86]

You mean you don't remember NOT signing a contract?

No signature = no responsibility.

FYI, the agency is likely the one with the contract, not you.

 

[trmiv]

You're not an NBA player dude. Being a "contractor" just means you perform work for one company, but you're actually getting paid by another. The one under contract here is the agency you get paid by. You're free to leave at any time, and they can dump your ass any time they want.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: trmiv
You're not an NBA player dude. Being a "contractor" just means you perform work for one company, but you're actually getting paid by another. The one under contract here is the agency you get paid by. You're free to leave at any time, and they can dump your ass any time they want.

I misunderstood it Man...my world is crashing down

 

[Descartes]

Uhhhh, did you actually sign a contract? I'm guessing not. How could you then assume there was a contract? If you did indeed sign a contract, then yes, you did have a contract.

I'm puzzled by all this.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Uhhhh, did you actually sign a contract? I'm guessing not. How could you then assume there was a contract? If you did indeed sign a contract, then yes, you did have a contract.

I'm puzzled by all this.

no....I just thought that contracting work meant that you were under contract to work for them for x amount of months. I did not sign anything because I was under the impression that I would be bound with them for x months so i could not take a fulltime position during that time. I turned down a few worthless interviews for $13/hr jobs that were contracting positions. I wish i knew so I just would have took them so I had some spending money now

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: Descartes
Uhhhh, did you actually sign a contract? I'm guessing not. How could you then assume there was a contract? If you did indeed sign a contract, then yes, you did have a contract.

I'm puzzled by all this.

no....I just thought that contracting work meant that you were under contract to work for them for x amount of months. I did not sign anything because I was under the impression that I would be bound with them for x months so i could not take a fulltime position during that time. I turned down a few worthless interviews for $13/hr jobs that were contracting positions. I wish i knew so I just would have took them so I had some spending money now

So, you thought that you were under contract without a contract? By what exactly did you think you were bound to the company?

Anyway, now you know. Live and learn. Those jobs you passed up aren't going to be the last...

Good luck.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: Descartes
Uhhhh, did you actually sign a contract? I'm guessing not. How could you then assume there was a contract? If you did indeed sign a contract, then yes, you did have a contract.

I'm puzzled by all this.

no....I just thought that contracting work meant that you were under contract to work for them for x amount of months. I did not sign anything because I was under the impression that I would be bound with them for x months so i could not take a fulltime position during that time. I turned down a few worthless interviews for $13/hr jobs that were contracting positions. I wish i knew so I just would have took them so I had some spending money now

:laugh:

A couple of things to consider:
-If you want to maintain the relationship for future work, it would leave a bad impression to suddenly terminate your contract.
-This might sound duh, but contracts have different conditions. A contract may indeed prohibit you from taking on other simultaneous work. Typically though, a full-time employer would become unhappy if you took on contract work on the side, not the other way around. But in the end, if you could juggle all the work and keep up the quality, it should not be an issue.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: Descartes
Uhhhh, did you actually sign a contract? I'm guessing not. How could you then assume there was a contract? If you did indeed sign a contract, then yes, you did have a contract.

I'm puzzled by all this.

no....I just thought that contracting work meant that you were under contract to work for them for x amount of months. I did not sign anything because I was under the impression that I would be bound with them for x months so i could not take a fulltime position during that time. I turned down a few worthless interviews for $13/hr jobs that were contracting positions. I wish i knew so I just would have took them so I had some spending money now

So, you thought that you were under contract without a contract? By what exactly did you think you were bound to the company?

Anyway, now you know. Live and learn. Those jobs you passed up aren't going to be the last...

Good luck.

I did not sign anything because I thought if I did I would be obligated to work for them for x amount of months (one of them was a 1.5 year one and the contracts were never put infront of me). I had no idea it was at will (hence the word contract). If anything, I am more upset because now I really feel like a leeching bum I feel really bad b/c my gf has been footing the bill these past 2 months and we have been struggling to rent our apt and pay it. All I have been doing is working these odd jobs (under the table work) to try to help pay our bills and my car. God...i feel so worthless now

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: Descartes
Uhhhh, did you actually sign a contract? I'm guessing not. How could you then assume there was a contract? If you did indeed sign a contract, then yes, you did have a contract.

I'm puzzled by all this.

no....I just thought that contracting work meant that you were under contract to work for them for x amount of months. I did not sign anything because I was under the impression that I would be bound with them for x months so i could not take a fulltime position during that time. I turned down a few worthless interviews for $13/hr jobs that were contracting positions. I wish i knew so I just would have took them so I had some spending money now

:laugh:

A couple of things to consider:
-If you want to maintain the relationship for future work, it would leave a bad impression to suddenly terminate your contract

If I knew, I would have only ended it for a full time perm. position

-This might sound duh, but contracts have different conditions. A contract may indeed prohibit you from taking on other simultaneous work. Typically though, a full-time employer would become unhappy if you took on contract work on the side, not the other way around. But in the end, if you could juggle all the work and keep up the quality, it should not be an issue.

not simultaneous work...just quit and leave. In other words, I kind of treated it like a lease. I thought that if I took it, I could not leave.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Acting as a contractor is for paperwork only.

The client can terminate the contract at any time.
You can walk anytime.

 

[TwiceOver]

Hrm. I didn't know there was a job that you can't quit. Seriously, what would they do "Hey if you quit we aren't going to pay you".

 

[altonb1]

If there was ever a more fitting time to use this, I don't think I've seen it:

PWNED!