How do I get out of a contract with a Recruitment Consultant?

Question

I have been working for Hays recruitment in a single long term contract for 2½ years now.
My boss wants to give me a salary increase, but Hays want a percentage of this for themselves. I know of another agency who do not operate in this way and I want to change to them.
Is this possible?

It's harder and more expensive to get rid of this agent than it was to get divorced...!!

Answer 1

Yes, this is the way recruitment agencies operate. They receive a percentage of the salary that you are paid. Therefore if you receive a rise, their rate goes up as well.

Speak to your boss about whether going permanent is an option. Would you want to go permanent? If yes, would s/he be willing to employ you permanently. (As you've been there that long you probably consider the job to be "permanent" already, but what I mean is that you'd be employed directly by the company that you're working for, instead of by Hays.) Remember they could always employ you on a fixed-term contract of six months or a year, if you don't want proper permanency.

This *may* mean that Hays are then entitled to charge an "introductory fee" for introducing you to your employer. It is not common for this to apply once you've worked at a place for longer than three months, but from what I've heard about Hays, they are a stingy bunch and I wouldn't be surprised if they do charge it. Your employer should know about this, as it will be in their contract with Hays.

Anyway, even if they do end up charging an introductory fee, at least it is a one-off sum. You can then work for your employer for the rest of your life if you like, without paying Hays another penny. This fee would also be a percentage of your salary, so get this dealt with before you receive your payrise. Also, when negotiating your payrise, bear in mind that your employer would now be saving a whole lot of money as they wouldn't be paying agency fees anymore, so you could ask for even more than what they were going to give you.

I'm not sure what you mean about other agencies not working in this way, though. I am a recruiter and I know of no agency in the entire country that does not operate on a basis where they receive a percentage of the salary being paid. Therefore because it is a percentage, if you get a raise, of course the agency then gets a higher fee.

Answer 2

I don't understand this question. As an employee of Hays, you are free to leave them whenever you want. They make their money by charging employers a % of the salary they pay to people they place and so if the salary increases, so will their cut. It is not you who will be paying. Why are you so surprised? I am more surprised that the company you are placed with does not appear to want to take on the risk of employing you directly after all this time.

Answer 3

a recrutiment representative is a sales based place. Their interest is to locate agencies who choose their roles advertising and filling with human beings! some agencies promote themselves others place self assurance in recruitment agencies. A recruitment specialists interest is to seek for CVs and individuals with skills that tournament the interest in hand. they'll then set you up for an interview with the corporation and in case you do nicely you get the interest. each and every now and then you would be working for the employer and that they'll pay you e.g. youll paintings at a decision centre however the employer will pay then you after 3 months you are going to be conscious for the interest at as quickly as for the period of the corporation. you do not pay the recruitment employer they gets money off the corporation they're recruting for.

Answer 4

Give them what ever notice is required and just leave its illegal for them to hold back any pay owed to you