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This against their rules. And I had the same thing happen. Hired an “American” contractor named Jeff. Had a video meeting with him, everything started off grea
by SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
This against their rules. And I had the same thing happen.
Hired an “American” contractor named Jeff. Had a video meeting with him, everything started off great.
Then when we got him into slack, his English went way down hill.
I tried to get a phone number for him and he resisted and gave excuses why he couldn’t talk right now.
So… because I suspect this is getting to be very common… Get a phone number for your contractor and call them periodically. Insist to speak with them on the phone about something they have done recently.
Even if the work would have been good, I won’t pay a liar like that.
- Kipters 4y agoI manage a big dev-related Telegram channel, I was surprised how widespread this practice is (they call it "proxying")
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoThanks for that. I feel like having a term for it is an important step to not getting scammed again.
- Kipters 4y agoYep, I had to spend a lot of time talking with people offering proxy services or looking for proxies to understand exactly what it was, and we ended up banning this kind of requests because of how dishonest it is. Turns out it's common practice also for university exams!
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoUniversity scam like someone takes classes for you?
- Kipters 4y agoExactly, to work around mandatory attendance