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Old 16-05-2009, 02:46 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freelancerclive View Post
Let's see...... no.

The evidence?

Lost receipts (you only get one of those, and HMRC will take a dim view of you not having them).

Faxing things and never being received.

Blowing smoke up your **** when talking about take home pay, then you find you'd have to be extremely dodgy to get anywhere near that figure.

Screwing up your tax deductions.

Not paying you on time due to the wishy-washy excuse of "we never received your timesheet"

Expecting YOU to chase the agency in the case of non-payment

Never answering the phones

Never replying to an email, even if it's a simple question asking for them to send you a form

Messing up your pay and telling you they'll have to reduce your pay the following week


In summary? They're ****ing useless.

Not sure which umbrella you worked through Clive (send me a PM, I'd love to know!). Clearly you've had a bad experience and I’m keen to dig a little deeper. For a start, why on earth you were faxing timesheets? What happened to their online portal? I always thought you couldn't really run an umbrella without one. Secondly, don't umbrellas have a duty to pay you on time regardless of whether the agency pays them or not?

Please explain.....

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