[consulting] Working with anonymous contractors

[paola.dimaio at gmail.com]

Sure I agree with that

But when I contract someone, I tell them my real identity. They know my
name, where I work, Mr X works for company y. ok.
This particular contractor never gave me his real name, just a nick. nana.
I am sure he may have had his reasons.

p


On Jan 30, 2008 12:26 AM, Jakob Persson <jakob at jakob-persson.com> wrote:

>
> I can see legitimate reasons for not providing someone, an unknown
> business partner, a scanned copy of my ID due to privacy concerns. If you're
> a contractor and want to be and appear legit, make sure you have a good
> website, provide a real address and a phone number and call your client and
> speak to them in person - that builds trust and tells the client way more
> about you than a scanned copy of your passport or ID.
>
> We should all be careful who we work with and what we tell them about
> ourselves. People are scared of what Facebook might do with our personal
> information, yet businesses regularly ask customers to email copies of
> passports and even credit cards (yes, this is true!). Trust is a two way
> street so you should equally forthcoming about who you are as a client as
> you expect your contractors to be.
>
> I also think the wish to be anonymous has more to do with avoiding taxes
> than having done time in the slammer. :)
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jakob Persson
>
>
>
> paola.dimaio at gmail.com wrote:
>
>
> >
> > You may get a more useful response if you elaborate on "things".  ;)
>
>
> Yes, apologies. I mean there is always some job to be done. I ll post
> again about this when existing consultants cant fulfil some of the
> assignments for some reason..
>
> >
> >
> > > After advertising on the site I got contacted (among others) by a
> > developer
> > > who said he was only going to work anonymously. I was not to know his
> > > identity, and he would give me a good discount.Hellow????Do I want to
> > give
> > > the keys to my estate not knowing who the guy is??Is this guy a real
> > > developer, a drupal adventurer, or someone who is ashamed to show his
> > face
> > > for whatever reason?
> >
> > I'd recommend staying as far away from that as possible.  If you don't
> > know why he wants to remain anonymous, you may as well assume the worst,
> > at least that's what I'd do.  How do you know this guy's not a wanted
> > criminal?  You don't.  If you're working in the realm of legitimate
> > business, you don't want to get involved.
> >
> > Even if this person has a legitimate reason for remaining anonymous,
> > there's no accountability there.  Individuals need to be (or at least
> > should be) held accountable for what they do.
>
>
> I am glad you think so. I have asked the polite people who have made
> themselves available to
> supply veryfiable credentials, and  a scanned copy of their ID (of course
> that could be faked too, but I dont think that anyone is that malicious).
> Some had not problem straight away, these are the people who have the keys
> to the site.  One or two guys were reticent, one explicitly said he wanted
> to work anonymously. Nay. I dont see that as an option. Development can wait
> til we find someone we are confortable with.
>
> cheers
> pdm
>
> >
> > -c.
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