Agency charging £12.95 per hour for me, yet i'm getting paid £7.00 per hour!

Southend1

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Lol, no people are just reasonable in what their expectations are of working.

You bargain for your worth and they will bargain for as little as they can pay. As you have done if you don't like the offer you don't work and they get someone else to do the job for the amount.

Remember as well that long term contracts will work of a lower margin than say your two week one....it makes sense for a 12 month contract which is guaranteed to only have a 20-25% margin but a 2 week on to be nearer 50%.

In this case though, OP's labour is worth £12.xx to the company. Theoretically she should be able to get £10 odd taking into account payroll admimistration costs etc.

However.... In the case of short term temps, the difference between what OP would be paid if employed directly and what the agency is paid is the premium that the agency are able to charge for having a ready pool of labour that the company can tap into whenever they need and for finding work for the OP without her doing the legwork herself.

McKneff

How do you 'know;'how much the agency charges.

keyser666

If you had any nouse about you you would work for the current ph rate and then at renewal after the company likes you and wants you to stay you have negotiating power with the agency.

sharpy2010

Yoghurt_Queen wrote: »

I thought that if they pay you £10.00 per hour, they charged about £13.00 per hour. Or thereabouts. NOT DOUBLE. THAT IS TAKING the mickey.

Welcome to the real world, where people will bite your legs off to make a quid or two.

Yoghurt_Queen

McKneff wrote: »

How do you 'know;'how much the agency charges.

Saw the invoice. Also, I don't get any money back for petrol. Have emailed them politely asking them to find someone else for next week. Thank you for all the replies.

Prothet_of_Doom

Yoghurt_Queen wrote: »

What a friendly bunch of people on this thread? You lot sound like a right bunch of bitter and twisted twirps if you ask me. I'm outta here. FAST. Obviously agnecy owners who are struggling. Good luck you lot. You're gonna need it baby!

Just because you is thick, doesn't mean you need to be stupid, :rotfl:

I work via an agency. I don't give a stuff, what the agency get paid. My contract is with the agency, at a rate, that I'm happy to get out of bed for, which pays me to travel 120 miles - Yes you read that right - 120 Miles to work, for thier client.

Unlike you, I am not PAYE via the agency, so my costs of travel are a business expence and I pay for them before tax comes off. I pay my own NIC etc.
I also pay for professional indemnity insurance, which covers me for mistakes up to £5million. If you google the words "Vicarious Liability" you will find that your agency are responsible for any !!!! ups you make (unless criminally negligent), so they'll be paying out to insure you.

I would prefer to have a contract direct with the company I actually do work for, but they deal with over 2000 contractors at any one time, so they use one single agency who manage all of thier temporary workforce. It ranges from 5% to 200% in my line of work, and I have no idea what my lot take, and as I said I really don't want to know.

Prothet_of_Doom

jacklink wrote: »

im just going to say, dont waste your petrol, your money or time on a job so far away there will be other jobs closer, also if u get less than 52p a mile for travel tell em where to go

I see Irony here ? a touch of sarcasm perhaps ? :rotfl:

somethingcorporate

You'd hate working for a law firm. The one my wife started at they were charged out even as trainees for £250 per hour to their clients. You think they were paid more than £250 a day? dream on. They were on less than a tenth of what they were being charged out at, let alone the puny margin you're complaining about.

Welcome to the world of business where the wealthy and the power charge as much as they can and pay as little out as they can.

LMH67

Most agencies work on a margin of a minimum of 18% profit. By the time salary, NI and holiday pay are taken out of the amount paid by the company, there isn't actually that much left as profit (and don't forget they are in business to make money).

Also, don't forget you are accruing paid holiday in line with regulations - you need to check your contract for whether they will pay it at the end if you don't take any time off. Also, some agencies work on a Jan - Dec year basis, so again make sure it doesn't just get wiped out at year end.

Again, it will all be in your contract - I know they are very long and boring, but you need to read it.

FYI I have temped on and off for years so have a reasonable idea of what you can get. Dependent upon how long you are going to be working at your current assignment, you may be able to claim back via the tax system for travel and subsistence for not having a fixed place of work - you should be able to find info on this via the HMRC website. Alternatively, if your agency are any good, they should be advising you.

Final FYI, not sure where you are geographically but for a bog standard, basic admin job, £6.95 is a tiny bit on the low side but not unheard of. I have PA'd at director level and only managed to get £9.00 an hour. Personally, I'd do a job at £6.95 if that was all there was but it would have to be within a 30 min / 10ish mile radius. Any more than that and it's just not worth it.

Edit - sorry just read your other posts. I think you've done the best thing. You can negotiate to a degree but it usually comes down to what the customer is prepared to pay, then they work backwards to sort out your hourly rate. A PA should be getting a minimum of £8 an hour, more if a long term assignment. Good luck with the job hunting.

I can recommend an agency called Premiere People - I think they are national. You actually join them as an employee so they pay you back subsistence/travel as part of your wages (you pay less tax). They are also introducing pensions soon if not already.

_Andy_

Yoghurt_Queen wrote: »

What a friendly bunch of people on this thread? You lot sound like a right bunch of bitter and twisted twirps if you ask me. I'm outta here. FAST. Obviously agnecy owners who are struggling. Good luck you lot. You're gonna need it baby!

What a charmer. Asks for advice, gets it, then insults people.
How lovely.