There's the thing. It's that the work itself should be self-validating, otherwise it's doomed to failure even if everyone's working "hard".<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Brian Vuyk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@brianvuyk.com">brian@brianvuyk.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Would you sit in your lawyer's office to make sure he is working?<br>
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On 05/05/2009 04:31 PM, Sam Cohen wrote:
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<div>On 05/05/2009 04:13 PM, Sam Cohen wrote:
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monitor the
worker because the worker was on the premises. If the worker didn't
show up for work they weren't paid or they were fired. <br>
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In a virtual environment there needs to be someway to monitor
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This is the problem.<br>
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My client is not my boss. I am not my client's employee.
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<div>This is a semantic difference -- if you are buying a service, if
you are hiring a lawyer, accountant, contractor, whatever, it's an
exchange. I'm giving money in return for a service received. Just as
the person being paid has a right to ensure they receive their money,
the person paying for the service, has a right to ensure they are
receiving what they are paying for. <br>
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If it's based on a certain outcome then this isn't an issue. But if
I'm hiring someone to do something hourly and they are at a remote
location, then I need some way to know they are working. <br>
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This doesn't make them inferior to me. Just as my putting the money in
escrow makes me inferior to them. <br>
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Sam<br>
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