Thursday, May 01, 2003
Work-Related Peeves
And, now a rant about employment and the marketplace:
Up til now, I have enjoyed a 5.o rating in Elance for my freelance work. Then I received two feedbacks from clients, one who I just finished work for and one who I did work for in December. The latest job gave me a 4.6 overall and the earlier project gave me a 4.3, dropping my average to 4.8.
This would ordinarily not be bothersome to me, except for the fact that both clients gave me glowing praise in the comments field. Why give me top notch praise in the comments field and grade me lower in the numerical categories? I think potential clients look at the numbers more so than the comments anyway - it's the first thing that appears in your profile. I'll have to have another 3-4 5.0 profiles to get my numbers back on top.
And, at my real job, there are outside providers apparently trying to divest me of my job. Specifically, it is 352Media, formerly known as Silverscape, the company that took over my many of my functions out at Moltech. They sent an email to Susan asking her if she would want to consult with them about having them take over our web site. Although it does good for me to know she told them not interested, t still makes me uncomfortable that there are vultures in the wings waiting to take away my employment. Of course, if I were full-time freelance, I'd probably do the same thing :)
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