4 ms·
Paying someone for access never ends well. Do you think the people whose access is being sold are happy with the arrangement? By definition you're entering in
by mathattack 13y ago
Paying someone for access never ends well. Do you think the people whose access is being sold are happy with the arrangement? By definition you're entering into a sleazy area. This is why apartment brokers selling access to apartments are sleazy.
- brianbreslin 13y agoI heard stories locally here in Miami of a "consultant" who apparently had charged people to introduce them to several local key figures (in this case I was one of these people he charged people to meet). The irony (aside from anyone ever paying to talk to me), was that they were always just cold emails as I had never met the guy charging for intros in person!
- einhverfr 13y agoProbably not in the US, but keep in mind that very often in many other places, what the person selling access is also doing is screening for the person whose access is being sold. This sort of arrangement works pretty well if the person selling the access is actually offering a decent service to both sides. However, it needs to be mutual, pre-arranged, and with plenty of duties all around (in most of the world "duties" end up meaning "kickbacks" but the system won't work if it is limited to that).
- mathattack 13y agoI get that screening is a service, but it's very gray. US (& UK) companies need to act with a higher standard globally. Barclays got in trouble with some corporate matchmakers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/9514166/Barclays-Qatari-ghosts-haunt-bank.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfina...