William Benson
vbacreations at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 22:34:31 CST 2011
When it comes to love you never forget your first. But in the working world you never forget your worst, eh Mark? On Dec 21, 2011 11:14 PM, "Mark Simms" <marksimms at verizon.net> wrote: > Wow Art, that is prophetic as a measure of a client. > And I totally agree. Their payment practices speak volumes for their > commitment and integrity. > Fire a client ? ABSOLUTELY. In fact, if you go to any Personal Injury Law > firm, they spend an enormous amount of time doing what ? SIZING UP THEIR > POTENTIAL CLIENTS. If they don't like em, they say good bye IMMEDIATELY. > Trust me, I have a good friend in that business. > > I had a client from hell. Indian guy...IT director. > Fired his employee....then a lawsuit ensued (OF COURSE !!). > I got hired to pick up that work. It was crap (heard this before ?). > I worked like a madman to learn their business, their operations, > etc....there was no documentation (heard this before ?) > The Access database was in need of a total rewrite. No time for that (heard > this before ?) > > So I kept on working....without getting paid. > Then they fired me, just when I had finished it all. > Asked for their really expensive laptop back. > I REFUSED to give it back without being paid. > > Agency stepped in....called for a demo. > I demoed, they were happy, I got paid...on-the-spot, in full. > > I was contacted to do some enhancements, they didn't like my price or time > estimates... > so I never heard from them again. > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >