I have just been introduced to the darkside of something I never ever encountered before. It's called a 3-week guarantee. Under this program, you are an hourly contractor, but for 3 weeks the company has no obligation to pay the agent anything.
On reflection, I never should've gotten involved in this. Contract work is already cutthroat - you can be eliminated at any moment for any reason. So, it really is just icing on the cake when they can cut you at any time _and_ not pay for any of the work you did while you were there. However, I liked the people I interviewed with and had a strong sense of faith that I would overcome the companies bureaucratic defense mechanisms and enjoy myself with the group of people I would be working with. I agreed to be paid 20/hr for the first 3 weeks of the trial. Well, here it is 3 weeks later, and I am terminated and no one was given any reasons why. And they got a ton of work out of me. Both the consulting agency and I got ripped off in this from my standpoint. I think I should have demanded professional pay per hour since they had the option to pull the plug on me at any moment. The company that did this to me was http://www.GSICommerce.com - they are a major ecommerce outsourcer with a java front-end and perl back-end. -- HIV/AIDS on trial - http://www.aliveandwell.org/ Let's play chess: http://www.SlowChess.com
