General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

You are absolutely right Peter Israel.
A lot of agencies are greedy and will pay peanuts and expect you to sweat blood on a zero hour contract.

My friends nephew works for an agency and its disgusting what he has to put up with. Its common for him to be sent home in the middle of the night without pay if a machine breaks down. Also he has turned up for work only to be promptly sent home due to the fact that there is no work due to a breakdown or whatever. He has the option of wasting a holiday or losing a nights pay. Some agencies expect you to be at their beck and call and it is not uncommon for the employee to receive a text at short notice to cancel their shift or to ask them to come to work when they have previously been informed that they are not required.
A lot of British people will not tolerate that and refuse to work. And I also would not tolerate it.