I hate micromanagers and I hate whiners, but imagine both qualities in the same person... its the worst kind of person you can talk to. Its just so irritating to talk to them. I just want to block them out of my life !!!
I worked on an online project this week... and the employer was just too much to take. He kept pinging me every 5 mins to ask status. It was so irritating that it got to the point of me telling him to butt out, because every time he pinged, I would lose my train of thought. It was so annoying. A little into the project, he told me that he has no payment method on the site and would pay me through Western Union. I curse myself for not becoming alert just then....
So I am working on the project with great difficulty, being stuck with bugs n unable to resolve them, trying different approaches etc.,... the usual and then half-way through he says he got the project from someone else and that person is demanding the job be done immediately. Then after arguing with me several times and asking how much more time I need, he says he convinced his client that I could take one more day for the work.
I work my ass off (pardon the language - have been cursing too much lately) day and night (yes, all through the night) for 3 days and finish the project and submit it to him, thinking to myself, that I will never take up a project from this guy again. He comes back with a "message from his client" saying that the client is not happy and the project was not done according to requirements when the requirement was met perfectly fine (as in instructions). He goes on to say that the client is very mad and does not want to pay him and that he himself is disheartened about the fact that he dint ask for upfront payment blah blah blah.... just too much whining... And he is not ready to tell me what exactly is the problem - just that the requirements have not been met !!
He goes on to ask if I still want to be paid for my efforts. Some guts he has. I just wanted to get rid of this guy, even if it meant no payment. Beware of such people. Says he is a student and that he works a lot on projects from other people. Well, if he was such a micromanager, he should have done the project himself. I am sure it is one of his school projects and he wanted to get it done free, and not invest time into it. So, he used my services and then had to come up with a story NOT to pay me.
All in all, lesson learnt. I will never deal with such people again. READ THE SIGNS !!! Thats all I can say.
- So
