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ocset:
Hi
Does anyone kindly know what are recruitment  agency fees for electronics permanent workers employed through recruitment agencies in UK or elsewhere?

If a company employs someone for a permanent job, and then the employee   hands  in notice after two months/three months/6months/1 year/2 years….do you know what are the agency fees to the employing company in each of these cases?….ie does the employing company have to pay less fees, the less time the worker does before handing in notice?

I hear  that if a worker hands in notice prior to the three month point then the employing company doesn’t have to pay any fees to the recruitment agency?

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: treez on May 06, 2020, 07:20:34 pm ---Does anyone kindly know what are recruitment  agency fees for electronics permanent workers employed through recruitment agencies in UK or elsewhere?

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I don't know about UK, but from my experience, the average is about 20% of the yearly salary. Of course that's possibly negotiated with the agency, especially if the company has hired several people through said agency. But that's the average figure I've noticed.


--- Quote from: treez on May 06, 2020, 07:20:34 pm ---If a company employs someone for a permanent job, and then the employee   hands  in notice after two months/three months/6months/1 year/2 years….do you know what are the agency fees to the employing company in each of these cases?….ie does the employing company have to pay less fees, the less time the worker does before handing in notice?
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From my experience, nope. Once the employee has accepted the job, the fees are due. There may be additional contract clauses, but usually not like this. One thing that's more common is that if the employee eventually leaves the company in under a given amount of time, the agency will give a significant discount to help find a new employee for the same position.


--- Quote from: treez on May 06, 2020, 07:20:34 pm ---I hear  that if a worker hands in notice prior to the three month point then the employing company doesn’t have to pay any fees to the recruitment agency?

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That may be true with some agencies, but I've personally never seen that.

dmills:
20 percent or so of salery is ballpark, but you negotiate. In my experience to can generally setup a probationary period as
 part of the contract.

EEVblog:
Here in Australia is used to be circa 20% of the first years salary as commission, but only if the person stays for at leas ta certain time, like 6 months or something.
That commission is paid for by the company on top of your salary BTW.

HwAoRrDk:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on May 06, 2020, 08:22:36 pm ---From my experience, nope. Once the employee has accepted the job, the fees are due. There may be additional contract clauses, but usually not like this.

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This is my experience too - that the fee is payable as soon as the employee starts in their permanent position, or in other words, once they are "off the agency books".

In a previous job my department once took on an agency guy and we had to pay the agency 15% of his annual salary. IIRC the agency's fee varied according to profession (from 10 to 25%). My boss tried to negotiate the fee, as we thought 15% was a tad high for just an IT support technician position, but they wouldn't budge.

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