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In reply to the discussion: An IT worker writes: 'Emotionally, we are broken' [View all]mikeysnot
(4,759 posts)we were losing the contract but did not know it yet, I picked up on it, the manager for the firm didn't realize she was letting the cat out of the bag.
I had to do a bunch of recording training sessions for processes and procedures in front of a live online audience.
The manager did not know "how or what" was being done, so when I asked them to outline what they need for each session, I did just that. And only that.
So there were massive holes of information in the sessions. They got no extras, no explanations and no details. I gave them what they asked for. I know that these tutorial vid's would be of no help to anyone that did not know the system to begin with....
When the contract renewal* time came up and they were forced not to sign with us it made sense why I made the videos, even though I knew but didn't know for sure.
I waited a while and dropped her a line, since I did 100% of all the jobs for their 18 channels for 5 years prior and see if they needed any help. I knew them inside and out. She seemed interested and it got to pay. She asked if I can do templates for them because the firm they have now was struggling.... gee I wonder why?
So she asks if I could do it for 15 bucks.... I was like thinking in my head, "ok maybe I can turn these out just for easy cash...." SO I say 15 bucks an hour.... No for the whole job... pause. silence...
These templates from construction to means testing to approval can take just for me 2-3 hours of time for one.... so in a sense I would be working for them for 5-7 dollars an hour. I politely declined.
Where was the company located. India.
* We did not lose the client, another company that we worked together with told them to go with their firm for our services or they would drop them... The company could not afford to lose them so we went. This was our companies major cash cow and it alone covered our operating costs, etc. Our company did not last long after that.