Clients From Hell - Horror stories from freelancers

Time 2020-10-05 10:03:05

Web Name: Clients From Hell - Horror stories from freelancers

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This week’s deal is a package that makes it easy to make space age designs with a Sci-Fi flair! 8 Fonts, 30+ backgrounds, logo templates, a UI vector kit and more! Even better, at $17 it’s 85% off.Sci-Fi demands a cool, cutting edge look, and this bundle gives you tons of options: fonts, UI elements and more! Whether you’re illustrating a book cover, putting together a convention poster or UI, or just showing that your client is the future of their field, this bundle makes it easy to make gorgeous and intriguing designs. Just take a look - how badly do you want to make an indie game with this package? Answer: BADLY. Normally all the elements in this package sell for $115, but for the next few days, it's only $17 or 85% off. Check out the deal here! Taken from a job posting:Client: Looking for someone that can work that can work with other team members.Wait, did I say "taken from a job posting"? I mean that WAS the job posting. That's all that they said.  I was working as a network engineer/consultant for a managed service provider who, in my coverage area, provided contract-based support to small- and medium-sized businesses. Our top priorities were always security and integrity of data, and we worked with each client's IT staff and/or leadership develop policies if they so desired. For one particular client, a policy was created by their own IT staff and then enforced using a web filter. This was all done with a sign-off by the client leadership. One day I was called into that client's president's office while I was onsite for a service call. This happened in 2006 or 2007, I believe.Client: What is this IT policy that you created?Me: It is a policy created by [the two people in charge of IT for their company].Client: I don't care who created it. Why do we have it?Me: It's to protect the network. To reduce viruses and overall increase productivity...Client: (interrupting) We don't need it. No one can #^ #ing tell me what I can and cannot do on my own computer. Not you and not [the two people in charge of IT]. If I want to #^ #ing watch porn all day on my #^ # computer, I will. Only [the company owner] down the hall can tell me what the #^ # I can and cannot do. I want the #^ # filter turned off now.Me: ...Cool.I soon discovered that the son of one of the VPs was looking to expand his own IT support and hosting company, and the president was looking for a way to get out of our multi-year contract early. The contract continued until the end date....Awkward. Has a client revealed more than they should to you? Let us know! Dear readers, we've recently rebooted our Most Popular category. We'd like to hear from you: which Clients From Hell story is your favorite? Let us know in the form below! (more ) I just stumbled on this job offer on eLance.Client: I am looking for the best writer for an eBook based on an amazing true story (involves history, drama and biography) as the main plotline, but the content itself and the content of the chapters would have to be creatively made up in a thrilling interesting way. The writer has to be a fluent in: English language (must have perfect Grammar and spelling), internet searching, researching writing skills. Previous work portfolio will be asked, writer with self published books are preferred. A total of 70,000 words are needed, payment is $560 per 70,000 words, This project requires all regular materials required in an Ebook (except a cover picture) Included materials such as: table of content, footnotes, quote refrence etc. (which will not be counted in the word count) Each chapter will be submitted along the way. The text will be double-checked for copy-writing issues- each book must 100% original. Deadline is 30 days from the start of the project. "Write my entire book for $560 in 30 days." Sure. Sounds good. Our company provides remote technology support for company-provided tools for real estate agents. I was in a call with a client, walking him through the most basic processes of the program.Client: I come from corporate America where the sales guy does sales stuff and the technology guy does technology stuff. You’re telling me that I’m responsible for learning how to run all of this software now?Me: So you’re telling me that you’re surprised you have to learn a new skill set after switching careers?Client: Can't you just do this for me? I’m an animator. I recently posted a scene that got a fair bit of attention – shares, positive comments, even a legitimate job offer as an animator at a game company.This is not about that.After receiving a beautiful job offer, for a good amount of pay, flexible hours, and for a great boss, I get a message saying “Yes. Animator Aquired.” Which is weird enough to me. I responded asking what they want.Client: I’m currently working to storyboard a 5-8 minute fight scene in traditional animation, was wondering if you’d be interested in designing the video for my page”Me: That’s interesting! Would you be able to give me some specifics about the job?Client: Can you animate it. Like in traditional animation.Me: …We can figure out what that means in a moment. For now, what’s your budget?Client: I want it all, for the Low. This made me mad. I started to type out the actual cost of traditional animation. Considering that 1 second is 24 frames and a minimum of 12 drawings, even at his bare minimum of 5 minutes, that is still 3600 drawings, per character. Plus backgrounds, cleanup and color. And obviously compositing all this. In all my typing I receive a message:Client: Lol, I was kidding.I stopped writing my mini-lecture and responded.Me: Okay, what’s your budget and timeline?Client: $200, start now and submit beginning next month.They wanted me to compose a 5 (minimum) minute fight scene, make 3600 drawings, clean and color them, and composite the whole thing, in a month, for $200.$200.I sent what I SHOULD be paid for it, closed messenger, and never heard from them again. A client reached out to me for help with a logo. She had “designed” her own with the help of a phone app logo maker and wanted help editing.Client: I was at Sherwin Williams yesterday and have chosen new colors for my logo. I want to use peacock green and ocean blue. Please change the logo colors to these.Me: OK, well, we do need to then specify the correct colors for the printer. Sherwin Williams is for house paint, not logos, but we can match as close as possible.3 days later:Me: Good morning! I have attached a 4-page PDF with logo options based on your colors and some potential business card designs to give you an idea of how they might look. I’m also sending a digital break down for color formats to match your paint for the offices. Please let me know what you think, I welcome your feedback!Client: We’ve decided to seek out other graphic services. We are not paying for new colors for our logo. We told you what we wanted and instead, you did all this work we didn’t ask for. Goodbye. I’m a DJ who mainly plays in nightclubs and bars but from time to time I will play weddings. Most of the time I try to avoid them since they are very time consuming and require a lot of prep work. A friend of mine asked if I DJ for her friend’s wedding in three months. I accepted and asked my friend to give the client my contact info to get in touch with me ASAP.Two months went by. I asked my friend if she passed along the information several times during that period, and even tried to reach out myself. No response. Then, a really exciting offer came up for the same night – because I hadn’t signed any contract or even spoken to the bride, I decided to go with it. I told my friend and asked her to pass this along. She apologized that the bride hadn’t bothered to reach out to me in all that time. A week before the wedding, the bride added me on Facebook and sent me a message. Client: Hey. I’m sorry for responding so late. The wedding is a week away and I thought I should contact you so we could work out the details.Me: Hi… I thought that [my friend] told you that I cannot play at your wedding. I already accepted another job offer. I hope you find someone, but this isn’t going to work for me.Two days later my response was still unread.Me: Hey. Can you please confirm that you got my message?Nothing.Saturday: I’m playing my club gig and having a good time. When I finished I checked my phone and had several messages from the bride asking where I was. They started as questions, turned to insults, and then accusations that I destroyed her special day and that she would sue me. Started working in a manufacturing plant as a fill in operator/manager. Quickly realized that the all the scheduling issues were due to gross differences between runtimes on the tickets vs reality. I brought this to the owners attention, and he wasn't pleased.Client: That's the same speed our competitors run at.Me: Sure, but their equipment is 40 years newer and not being run by temps.This is the only place I've ever worked that thought a temp with a week of training should be able to run a 60' die cutter. He told me that he couldn't make money at the [realistic run speeds] I'd provided and refused to update the values in the software.

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