Wilson Cole's Podcast From The Road

Wilson Cole, President of Adams, Evens, & Ross (AER) and Samantha Cole, in-house counsel for AER, sit down to discuss 2 more excuses companies give for back door hires. The top phrase that Wilson looks out for when evaluation whether the back door hire was an honest mistake or specifically planned by a person who never planned on paying the staffing or recruiting agency is “we never signed an agreement.” Wilson does not get surprised when an attorney says that phrase because it’s a standard procedure for creating a defense, which is their job. But if that phrase comes from anyone else, especially the owner of the company, it’s a totally different story. Wilson and Samantha both emphasize the importance of the recruiting or staffing agency having a signed contract. Half of the cases that AER receives are ones where there are no signed contracts but AER is still able to collect, however AER is able to collect 50% more (on average) when there is a signed contract, on top of their being an overall higher coll