Re: Agony of the 3-week guarantee

On 5/9/07, Randal L. Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>> ""Terrence" == "Terrence Brannon" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> "Terrence> I have just been introduced to the darkside of something I never ever
> "Terrence> encountered before. It's called a 3-week guarantee. Under this
> "Terrence> program, you are an hourly contractor, but for 3 weeks the company has
> "Terrence> no obligation to pay the agent anything.
>
> I'm no lawyer, but I'm not sure that can even be legal.  At a minimum, the
> body shop needs to pay you minimum wage, I would presume.

the consulting agency paid me 20/hr for those 3 weeks. But when it was
all over GSI paid the consulting agency zero dollars for my services.

>
> On the other hand, although you can't sign away fundamental rights, you *can*
> give up some basic reasonable things when you're desperate.  Sounds like you
> were a bit desperate.

No, I operate on passion and I was wired about the work I would be
doing. Also, I had never been cut any earlier than 6 months in 6 years
of consulting, so I figured there was no reason for that to happen now
to me.

Remember, you yourself once said to me: "princepawn, you live in an
ideal world" :)

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