Unisys was the permanent company I was supposed to transition to after the first 90 days of employment as a contractor. After they finally reached out to begin the transition process (about one month late), they offered an hourly pay rate that was $3/hr less than the rate negotiated on my start date. 4 Months prior, during the hiring process, no such pay cut was disclosed to me, or I certainly would not have taken the job. At first, I thought some kind of clerical error was made, but then the recruiter got back to me and confirmed the lower pay was intentional, and that they would not be able to increase that hourly rate. I refused to accept it, and we went back and forth for weeks. After I told them I would not work for an employer who would do something that dishonest, they came back to me with a final figure of an hourly rate that was $1/hr less than the rate I was currently getting. I again refused, because if they were going to take this long and go all the way up to that amount, they could have done the right thing and gone up a little higher to my current pay. They told me they would reach out to me by end of day.. they did not. Finally, 2 days later after hearing no word back, I had enough of the stress and anxiety and resigned, because I already knew what working for them would have been like. It was a shame too, because the client didn't deserve to have their IT guy suddenly leave them in the lurch, but Unisys did not deserve the courtesy of a 2-week notice after what they attempted to do to me.
