DwayneM
Civil/Environmental
- Feb 26, 2008
- 18
*all names have been changed... yada,yada..*
I work for TS LLC as a civil engineer. It's a small (4 PE's) firm, and when I was hired as the 4th, I was told it was because of my experience with EPA projects, having worked for a time for the EPA directly, because the firm expected to land a substantial consulting contract with the EPA. What it has is an IDIQ contract with MN Inc., a multinational firm, who has a contract with EPA. So I am employed by TS, who subs to MN for the EPA. In the past 18 months I have worked on two small task orders for MN, but mostly TS's usual brief small projects (essentially working as county engineer). We are about to begin a third task order for MN.
Turns out there's a guy (DB)who acted as a marketer, I guess, and persuaded MN to hire TS based on my background. DB has approached me with a proposal: At the conclusion of the 2-month task order, I leave TS and work as a contract engineer directly for MN, doing the same work for 1.5x my present salary (from which I would pay my own benefits, etc.). After 2-3 months, DB, our contact from MN, and I form our own LLC (my salary would remain 1.5x current) to continue to work for the EPA and develop our own work (DB has guaranteed me at least 18 mos. of contracts).
I would like you guys to weigh in on the ethics of the situation, considering the following: (1) I don't have a contract or "no competition" agreement with TS, (B) Had DB not gotten the third task order for TS from MN based solely on my resume, TS would very likely let me go for lack of workload, and (third) it's not likely that TS would up my salary or get another task order, even if I stayed.
To sum up: TS got a MN task order for the EPA because of me; after a few months and conclusion of task order term, I basically take that job and go solo, eventually forming a partnership based in part on that job.
I work for TS LLC as a civil engineer. It's a small (4 PE's) firm, and when I was hired as the 4th, I was told it was because of my experience with EPA projects, having worked for a time for the EPA directly, because the firm expected to land a substantial consulting contract with the EPA. What it has is an IDIQ contract with MN Inc., a multinational firm, who has a contract with EPA. So I am employed by TS, who subs to MN for the EPA. In the past 18 months I have worked on two small task orders for MN, but mostly TS's usual brief small projects (essentially working as county engineer). We are about to begin a third task order for MN.
Turns out there's a guy (DB)who acted as a marketer, I guess, and persuaded MN to hire TS based on my background. DB has approached me with a proposal: At the conclusion of the 2-month task order, I leave TS and work as a contract engineer directly for MN, doing the same work for 1.5x my present salary (from which I would pay my own benefits, etc.). After 2-3 months, DB, our contact from MN, and I form our own LLC (my salary would remain 1.5x current) to continue to work for the EPA and develop our own work (DB has guaranteed me at least 18 mos. of contracts).
I would like you guys to weigh in on the ethics of the situation, considering the following: (1) I don't have a contract or "no competition" agreement with TS, (B) Had DB not gotten the third task order for TS from MN based solely on my resume, TS would very likely let me go for lack of workload, and (third) it's not likely that TS would up my salary or get another task order, even if I stayed.
To sum up: TS got a MN task order for the EPA because of me; after a few months and conclusion of task order term, I basically take that job and go solo, eventually forming a partnership based in part on that job.
