Hey Luca thanks for the info. By registering, do you mean there is a fee? Free registration does not seem to give you access to the employers’ contact. Perhaps we should wait for the new version
From: Luca!!!! Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 23:42 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT Utopia people @David Saber I sent the website, a letter, about the UI that seems not to have a search by category, software and so on, and I received the response : Hi, Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us! The website that you see is different than what our clients see. They are able to search as narrow as they want, for example, you can serach on software or particular skills as ability to make great steam, hair, fur and so on, or a specific camera, sound equipment. However, our site is getting dated and we are launching a new version in the very near future! Take care, Hanna Kallin So, maybe one needs to registers... 2013/1/9 Olwen Nash <[email protected]> Hi folks, I recently had a very bad experience with an 'agent' (using the term loosely, as parasite / shark would be a much better description). He consistently withheld payment, despite having been paid by the client for the work I was doing. I am still currently owed over £2k for final invoices that were paid by my client back in October. I will name names in due course. In the meantime, be vary wary people. Cheers, Olly : ) On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Len Krenzler <[email protected]> wrote: I would assume that sites like this need a critical mass of people using them to be effective. I'm not sure SI only would be enough and would it be much different from the "Jobs" section of the si-community? As a note, there hasn't been a new job posted there in about 3 months so not exactly highly active thing. On 1/8/2013 2:28 PM, olivier jeannel wrote: Exactly, we should have something similar and free. Le 08/01/2013 21:04, Eric Lampi a écrit : Perhaps I am misunderstanding you? (If so, sorry) You're not advocating using this service but think a similar, free service should be set up? On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:53 PM, olivier jeannel <[email protected]> wrote: That was my point, no need to pay. But the site interface is well done. I was thinking something like that for us could be cool. Maybe hosted @ si community or RRay. That's just an idea. But I pretty like what's happening at the moment with the softimage community. Small community, very helpfull and active (lots of tuts and giveaways). I believe this kind of tool could help being even more organized. Just a thought Le 08/01/2013 20:34, Eric Lampi a écrit : >From the website: "Working with TV, Film, VFX or New media? It's free to join utopiapeople and we represent you on a non-exclusive basis. We take a 15% fee on agency bookings (not permanent)." I am absolutely against this sort of thing. Paying someone else a hefty fee just to get introduced to a company that desperately needs you? Be careful what you wish for, it might not work out for us in the long run, and I think that as an industry, we really better off discouraging these people as much as possible. What's next? You supply your own software and workstation? Oh yeah, wait... That's already happening to some people. Eric On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Andy Nicholas <[email protected]> wrote: It's free to register, but they take 15% commission from your daily rate. On 08 January 2013 at 17:40 Javier Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > it is a paying service? Im user of Utopia People, but I think that is a paying > service just for the companies that search freelancers here. For the > freelancers is free. > > Javier Vega > [email protected] > http://www.zao3d.com > http://blog.zao3d.com > > El 08/01/2013, a las 18:36, olivier jeannel <[email protected]> > escribió: > > > Does anyone know this site service ? > > http://www.utopiapeople.com/ > > > > I think the concept is great. I won't use it since this is a paying service > > (for what I've red). > > > > Would be nice to have something similar for xsi lancers around the globe. > > > > > > Olivier > > -- Freelance 3D and VFX animator http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work -- Freelance 3D and VFX animator http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work -- _________________________________________________ Len Krenzler - Creative Control Media Productions Phone: 780.463.3126 www.creativecontrol.ca - [email protected] -- ...superpositiviii...qualunque cosa accada!...
