When a customer burns you.

Mon Dec 1 17:14:52 PST 2003

> But why not? Credit companies have Equifax, transunion, and experian.
>
> Banks have chexsystems.
>
> Why not an IT consultant's network/union to discuss employer's worthiness?
> If a company has a reputation for not paying their consultants, a
consultant
> should have the ability to look that company up in an epinions like
website,
> ...

I've worked for 14 clients in 14 years, and with as many agencies.  I have
discovered that one consultant's bad experience doesn't necessarily mean
I'll have the same experience.  One customer who gave me a hard time in
billing -- 6 months late and didn't pay the penalty fees -- you would never
have heard of.  Several agencies were a hard experience as well, even though
they shouldn't have been.  With thousands of clients and hundreds of
agencies out there, a blacklist would have no meaning to me.

--David Dull
  ddull at netcom.com
  http://www.DavidDull.com