[consulting] Working with anonymous contractors

[Jakob Persson]

Well that's rude IMO, and it doesn't communicate professionalism at all. 
I actually have the policy that I do not reply to emails from people who 
do not tell me their real name. It's basic courtesy to tell someone who 
you are so I'm with you 100% there.

Apparently, kids no longer learn to introduce themselves properly. :)

/jakob

paola.dimaio at gmail.com wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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.
>>         --
>>         Colan Schwartz
>>         Internet Consultant  |  Openject Consulting  |
>>          http://www.openject.com/
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