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Client asking me to go to their customer's site to represent them
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Originally posted by 7specialgems View Posta few resignations and a sabbaticalOriginally posted by 7specialgems View PostOn the other, I am the only techie working on the backend of the projectComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostDo NOT do that unless your client has said that is acceptable.
If the client has told their end customer that you are an employee (or not making it clear that you are not an employee) and you go in telling everyone that you're a contractor, you might not be hanging around very long. Very unprofessional.Comment
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Originally posted by billybiro View PostNo, what's "very unprofessional" is your client misrepresenting you to their clients and then expecting you to go along with the deception.
As a professional business, you should be asking your client how they have represented you. I realise that some people on here are more about shifting blame rather than acting professionally.
It's up to a business to act professionally. I am a business, if I act professionally then I know I have done my bit. Acting professionally includes asking questions before going to meetings and not shooting your mouth off because you don't have the pertinent facts.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostAs a contractor you may not know the ins and outs of exactly how the client operates, which is why you have to choose your language carefully.
If they do ask, then I've got nothing to hide and I'll tell them the truth. Again thats the clients problem if hes trying to keep things from his customers.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostIf you don't know how the client has represented you, then how can you know they have misrepresented you?
As a professional business, you should be asking your client how they have represented you. I realise that some people on here are more about shifting blame rather than acting professionally.
It's up to a business to act professionally. I am a business, if I act professionally then I know I have done my bit. Acting professionally includes asking questions before going to meetings and not shooting your mouth off because you don't have the pertinent facts.
Therefore, the easiest thing is to tell your client, at the time of engagement, that you are a total professional and as part of that professionalism you won't lie about who or what you are to anybody. Now you're free to tell your client's client that you're a contractor. You will have acted entirely professionally, and if your client has misrepresented you then they'll be the one who has acted unprofessionally.Comment
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I think you are missing a trick here, you have direct access to the end client.
Get logo-ed up. Hand out pens, baseball caps and USB keys. You might want to consider getting your van wrapped.Comment
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Originally posted by 7specialgems View PostDoes the circumstances I've described to you sound like an IR35 flag?
Or am I being O.T.T and should accept their request to attend sessions with their customers on the customer site?Comment
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