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Subject:Was: Bad Employers list From:joanne grey <j_grey -at- WRITEANGLES -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 2 May 1997 10:59:26 -0700
Nicholas Russon writes:
>If the "bad" list is only 2% of the companies, then we're
>probably doing very well as a profession. I'd have guessed
>that freelancers would put that number a fair bit higher...
Forgive the diversion of this thread. I've just recently started
contracting, and would be interested to know if 2% is a valid estimate
of the number of companies out there who are bad to work for. Could some
of you long-time contractors put a real percentage on the number of
no-pays ( or fight-to-get-paid) companies?
How do you minimize the chances of this happening?
Thanks in advance - this group is always so helpful!
-joanne
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