They dont' sound all bad, no - they sound like they realize they are being unreasonable.
--Beth, Pseudo usenet cop Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) Anchorage, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Swain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:22 AM Subject: RE: I hate clients.......!! > nice.....perks of the job. I have 2 tickets for the opera, champagne and a > meal out from one client. They're not all bad I guess. > > Thanks guys....feeling a bit better already!! > > will > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 28 March 2002 15:15 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I hate clients.......!! > > > We've had clients pull that same shit with us. Our account execs are pretty > savvy and explained to them that it was laid out for 3 months based on a 40 > hour work week. In order to move up the launch date, we had to expand our > work day and work week to 70 - 80 hours which means that the developers were > working 12-16 hour days and on weekends to get this deployed earlier for > them. Normally they wouldn't do that, but because we truly value their > business, we were willing to make the exception, but that's not our normal > practice. This has some great side benefits though. One benefit is that > the next time we had to make changes they were much more understanding > regarding the time it took. Another benefit was that we now had a more > educated client which makes the relationship stronger. > The best benefit was we build sites for a lot of hotels and resorts and that > same client offered the entire development team a weekend getaway to their > resort. At a going rate of $135+ per night, that's pretty generous. My > wife and I are going to take some time this summer to enjoy that little > perk. > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Will Swain > To: CF-Community > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:49 AM > Subject: FW: I hate clients.......!! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 28 March 2002 14:45 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: I hate clients.......!! > > > I wish we could do that with these clients.....but sadly for our small > agency, we have to keep them sweet. It can be done, but it's going to be > hard work!! The only concern I have is that the next thing will be that > they'll want to know why they have paid for 3 months work when it's only > taken 6 weeks!!! If that happens I think I might be taking a jump of the > pier!! > > will > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 28 March 2002 14:39 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I hate clients.......!! > > > Just had a similar experience. Landed a new client and are redoing their > site and adding a lot more functionality to it. It's about a 3-4 week > job. > They signed off on it last Wednesday and called Tuesday asking why the > site > wasn't up yet! The account manager said the guy started screaming at her > but she told him to look at the contract he signed an the launch date was > middle of April. She said you could hear him feeling stupid on the > phone!! > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Will Swain > To: CF-Community > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:34 AM > Subject: I hate clients.......!! > > > Agggghhhhhhhh, > > I hate clients. Why are they so annoying?? We have a client who we are > doing > a major build for, lots of technical stuff, loads of dynamic content. > They've messed about signing off the design and the contracts (taken 10 > weeks to do this), and now want a 3 month build finished in 6 weeks!!!! > No > negotiation, no choice. They are worth a LOT of money to us, so we just > have > to bite the bullet and do the work. SO it's goodbye holiday, goodbye > Easter > weekend, goodbye life. > > Damn It!!!! > > Sorry, just needed a sound off....carry on :) > > Will > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
