[consulting] Failed Outsourcing Job

[Andrew F]

I wish I could "like" some of these responses as in a facebook like.

If the tables were reversed what would you expect?  You would expect to get
paid for your time.
Pay the man for his work.  If he did 80% pay him 400 dollars (80% of the
500) and finish the project up yourself.

The real issue here is communications.   As the project manager how is it
that you failed to communicate effectively with your contractor.  Your job
is to recognize problems before they get big.  If someone is asking for
reviews and not understanding, Then its time to fire up skype and clarify
things.

Bottom line, a few hundred bucks is not going to make or brake anyone.
Care a little more, do the right thing and it will come back to you.



On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Doug Johnson <doug at asknice.com> wrote:

> Just to step away from the ethical part of this...unless you have a work
> for hire agreement (and the for hire part would include paying) the copy
> right for that work is, at least in the US, assumed to live with the
> creator.
> In the beginning it did sound like there might have been an agreement, but
> not a contract. If you have nothing that says that you have the right to
> use his work, you actually don't have the right to use that work.
> Interestingly, even if you paid him in full, if you didn't have something
> in writing that gave you the rights to use it, you still wouldn't be able
> to use it.
> So, for better or worse, you are on the short end of this stick UNLESS you
> have a written agreement that states that you get the rights you need on
> "such and such" a date, regardless of the payment. I'm guessing you don't
> have that.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:47 PM, James Porter <jameslporter at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Sounds like spec / expectations were not clear.
>> On Feb 28, 2013 12:37 PM, "Marty Rynearson" <marty at rynearson.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  +1 on what Jeff said. If I ever made a 100% payment upon completion
>>> contract ( which I would never do) I would make it on my own server. Upon
>>> approval and payment the theme would then be transferred.
>>>
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