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I haven’t had any other problems with the agency, though I get the sense that my recruiter is somewhat inexperienced. The facility I was talking about being sketchy was the hospital itself, and considering how horribly it treats it’s actual employees I’m not surprised they feel like they can change it without compensation. I guess I was wondering if my recruiter’s inexperience was leading him to ask me something nonstandard or if this was normal for traveling and I hadn’t experienced it before. But your advice is good, and was in line with my thinking. Thanks

Hi guys, I’m 7 weeks into a psych travel assignment. I got a call from my recruiter today telling me that the parent company of the facility I am working has changed their policy and that instead of getting guaranteed hours as my contract promised, I could now be called off once per two week period. Also, could I re-sign my contract reflecting this. I’m not particularly upset with the changes. The guaranteed hours seemed strange to me at the time I signed, and the on call seems more standard in my experience. It’s only, through numerous contracts I’ve never been asked to change the contract midstream. Is this normal? This hasn’t been the only sketchy thing about this facility, but nothing else in the contract looks different. I haven’t signed yet. I’m planning on asking the recruiter what the consequences would be if I didn’t sign as I still have a valid contract (I know that doesn’t really mean much). I’m just curious if anyone else has had this experience and what you did about it. Thanks

Thanks, I wasn't really thinking I would be penalized. I was wondering if there was any cause for the hospital penalizing the agency if there was no signed contract. The whole thing was a communication error, and I'm partially to blame for not listening mote closely or asking him to call me at a better time. Part of me was just wondering if he was blowing smoke, this wouldn't be the first time I've gotten not completely accurate info or had him try to guilt me into a decision I wasn't ready to make.

I've been traveling for almost three years. I've been with the same company for that time, but my 1st recruiter left this year. My current recruiter and I have never really communicated that well, and this current situation is kind of the tipping point, but I wanted some perspective. I'm currently at an assignment that I like. My unit manager asked me several weeks ago if I wanted to extend. I said that would be fine, and that I would probably resign. I get a call from my recruiter at 11am the a few days later after working 3 nights floating an extension. I said yes. I get the contract, but it is not for my current hospital, but for the contract I had previously. I assumed it was a mistake and contacted my recruiter, but he said that the contract was correct and that I had agreed to an assignment at that facility. After 1 hour of sleep I could see making that mistake, but I told him I was not particularly interested in going back to that assignment. I got a long guilt trip about signing the contract, and the assertion that my current facility was not offering me an extension, which was confirmed not be the case after speaking to my manager. I did not commit to anything else, and after I got off the phone began to shop around for another recruiter. After a few weeks I get a text message from him now floating a contract for my current assignment. My circumstances have changed enough since I last spoke to him that I can't firmly commit to any contract for the next two weeks. his response was that they already had to pay a penalty because I didn't accept the last contract and I should just accept this one. So, that whole story for one question. I never signed anything. Why would there be a penalty involved? There was greater than two months since the contract was sent to me until my start date, so it was not as if they were scrambling to fill my spot. I provide my own housing, so no one was out that expense. I understand that verbal contracts can be binding, but saying that an offer sounds good doesn't sound the sound the same as excepting a contract. Understand that there was no mention of my being held responsible for the penalty, but perhaps because of our not so cordial relationship I read the threat implied if I did not accept this contract. My question was about why there was a penalty at all. Thanke all