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Question:
I do not particularly care for the people at the agency (a few missed payroll checks, W-2 sent to wrong address, and attitude). However, I am in good standing with them. Are there any Human Resources or Staffing professionals that can provide some insight into this issue.
Answer:
Most of the temp agency contracts have been run past lawyers and legal teams to protect the temp agency investment in their contacts. I don't believe you can work there within a specified time limit without permission as part of the contract you sign when you go with the agency.
Wait out the time limit, or go to the company and see if they want you badly enough to pay to get your services or wait till you are available to offer you a job.
Sorry,
Follow the rules - talk to the agency.
Usually there is a limit on how long the Agency has dominion over your work at a client's shop and it may be only at one specific location. Talk to personell at the company where you would like to work. They may be willing to compensate your agency, to garner a worker with your experience, or they could better explain your options.
I think that even if you didn't talk to the agency that your employer would have to as they have a contract with the agency too, it's best to be honest and open with them. The agency will know that they have done a good job in placing you and will be able to use your story to prospective clients that they got you a temp-perm job.
Most reputable agencies have very strict contracts with the companies that they do business with to prevent this from happening. It is up to the client company if they want to take a chance of litigation by ignoring the contract they signed and hire you without the fee to the agency. In my experience most companies don't want the hassle of a lawsuit so they won't go around it. Once they sign it you are bound by it. You may have signed such a release yourself that you will not accept permanent employment with a client company. Check the paperwork you signed when you first registered with the agency. I know I had to sign one myself when I was temping.
If you and the client company are both bound by this contract there is no real loop hole you can use to get around it. Unless you both want to roll the dice and hope that the agency never visits the customer again to walk in and see you working there.
This is what you do. Apply for the position with the company. When you get an interview, if they offer you a job, take it, and quit the agency the same day. That way you are no longer their employee and hence not bound by their contract. If you quit the agency, what can they do?
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