Fine, but this is not just a VI issue either.  It would be instructive to 
find a survey of those who freelance for online outfits to determine how 
much of a problem nonpayment is in the general population of people who work 
this way.

Jean

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Subramani L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] employment and internet


> Perhaps, to begin with, some sort of black-listing of agencies who don't
> pay us properly can be done to deal with this problem. For e.g. Geetha
> can tell us about translation and I can tell either from my personal
> experience or cross-checking through my sources if a particular agency
> is prompt in payment or not, this would serve the rest of the VI
> community.
>
> Subramani
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geetha
> Shamanna
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:00 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AI] employment and internet
>
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>
> It is not always possible to check out the credentials of an agency. In
> my
> case, the agency sent me the check, but it bounced. Instead of receiving
>
> money from them, I lost some money of my own as a result.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jean parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 9:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [AI] employment and internet
>
>
>> You have to check out people with colleagues before working for them.
>> Trade
>> associations are very important for this reason.
>> Jean
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Salman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AI] employment and internet
>>
>>
>>> ya i've gone through my self with such type of unfare deal.
>>> worked really harf in one of the online job, but in the end they
> never
>>> even
>>> bothered recognizing me. and that bill of 60 pounds? hahaaha  proved
> to
>>> be
>>> merely false hope!
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Subramani L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 3:35 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AI] employment and internet
>>>
>>>
>>>>I fully endorse this because I do have the unsavoury experience of
> not
>>>> being paid by some private agencies. These are the ones I found on
> the
>>>> net who asked for copywriting services with the promise of a large
> fee.
>>>>
>>>> Subramani
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geetha
>>>> Shamanna
>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 3:12 PM
>>>> To: Access india
>>>> Subject: Re: [AI] employment and internet
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>>>>
>>>> Hi Gaurang,
>>>>
>>>> During my initial days as a German translator, I worked as a
> freelancer
>>>> for
>>>> some translation agencies whose contact information I found on the
> Net.
>>>> While it is true that Internet is an equal opportunity employer and
>>>> problems
>>>> such as blindness are a nonissue, working for employers one barely
> knows
>>>> is
>>>> not easy.
>>>> Freelancers are at times given absurd deadlines and are expected to
> meet
>>>>
>>>> them. Additionally, while some employers pay promptly, others don't
> pay
>>>> at
>>>> all.
>>>> In the translation industry, most freelance employers (specially the
>>>> ones
>>>> widely found on the Internet) are extremely unreliable and are
> therefore
>>>>
>>>> rightly viewed with suspicion.
>>>>
>>>> Geetha
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Gaurang Kanvinde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 1:32 AM
>>>> Subject: [AI] employment and internet
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello friends,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to know if anyone on this group has sought self
>>>> employment
>>>>> on the Internet. For example, I know quite a few people on this
> list
>>>> are
>>>>> programmers. So has anyone tried their hands at online programming
>>>>> market places such as rent-a-coder.com, etc. If yes, what has been
>>>> your
>>>>> experience?
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, this discussion is not limited to merely programming,
> but
>>>>> extends to other professions as well. E.g., one friend of mine
> writes
>>>>> technical articles for the general public. So he explains technical
>>>>> things in layman language.He does this on the net, as a free lancer
>>>> and
>>>>> gets paid for it too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Given that the Internet is an equal opportunity employer, finding
> self
>>>>> employment on Internet based services shouldn't be all that
> difficult.
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be great to know opinions from people, particularly
>>>> experiences.
>>>>>
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