[tpm] avoid scraper contract

[mashton]

One option is to use an intermediary for unknown employers. I've used them
when also hiring unknown contractors for short duration contracts.

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, elance.com, odesk.com

Just a thought!

But yes there are a lot of unscrupulous people out there always looking to
exploit and try and get something for little or nothing.

Mike

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Alex Mackinnon <alexmac131 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Warning to all
>
> I recently had a contract to work with amazon cloud, perl, mysql  and
> scraping websites for contextually aware adverts.
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> Avoid :
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> why :
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> 1) payments are not regular on contract and collection is often an issue
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> Should you need more detail or get called for such a job, contact me, I
> will give you the full info in private.
>
> Alex
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> As a side comment: We should have a black list of employers with issues,
> not a union sort of thing but
> shared information on employers  and companies with issues.  The
> employers do so with people we should too.
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