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Nice advice Mike :)<BR> <BR>Thank you<BR> <BR>Alex<BR><br> <BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:47:58 -0500<br>From: mashton@4all.com<br>To: toronto-pm@pm.org<br>Subject: Re: [tpm] avoid scraper contract<br><br>One option is to use an intermediary for unknown employers. I've used them when also hiring unknown contractors for short duration contracts.<div><br></div><div>I usually use VWorker.com , they do take a small cut, but they make sure the funds for the contract are deposited in escrow, based on milestones. And they have a full arbitration facility. There are other like this out there, <a href="http://elance.com" target="_blank">elance.com</a>, <a href="http://odesk.com" target="_blank">odesk.com</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Just a thought!</div><div><br></div><div>But yes there are a lot of unscrupulous people out there always looking to exploit and try and get something for little or nothing.<br><br>Mike</div><div><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Alex Mackinnon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alexmac131@hotmail.com">alexmac131@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="ecxgmail_quote">
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Warning to all<br> <br>I recently had a contract to work with amazon cloud, perl, mysql and scraping websites for contextually aware adverts.<br> <br>Avoid : <br> <br> <br>why : <br> <br>1) payments are not regular on contract and collection is often an issue<br>
<br> <br>Should you need more detail or get called for such a job, contact me, I will give you the full info in private.<br> <br>Alex<br> <br>As a side comment: We should have a black list of employers with issues, not a union sort of thing but <br>
shared information on employers and companies with issues. The employers do so with people we should too.<br> <br> <br><br> <br><div><div> </div><div><div>
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