Comments on: Guru – www.guru.com http://reviewsofcompanies.com/2008/05/04/guru-wwwgurucom/ Giving consumers a chance to review companies they purchase from Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Michelle http://reviewsofcompanies.com/2008/05/04/guru-wwwgurucom/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Michelle Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:49:10 +0000 http://reviewsofcompanies.com/?p=54#comment-30 11 months ago back when we were still using Guru.com, we hired an independent contractor to do surveys for us. She said she was experienced except she had to learn the new software. Fine, not a problem. Unfortunately she didn't do a good job, we had to hire 2 other people, one to edit her work & one to utilize all of the features the survey software had because this independent contractor didn't care enough about the quality of work she did, or she just wasn't skilled enough. We paid her everything but the last 50%, $40. I didn't even feel we should have had to pay her for her 2nd invoice, but she duped me into paying her 50% upfront. She lied about what happened, posting a negative review about me on Guru & I put her on my blog to warn other companies about her skill set & her personality . She just found the post a week or two ago & ran crying to Guru.com & Guru tells her we have been banned. This is typical Guru.com behavior. Stick up for the independent contractor whether they know what they are doing or not, & blame the company for standing up for themselves & refusing to pay for work that is shoddy & has to be redone by others. The fact that Guru was even discussing this private information with an independent contractor 11 months after the fact amazes me, but doesn't really surprise me. 11 months ago back when we were still using Guru.com, we hired an independent contractor to do surveys for us. She said she was experienced except she had to learn the new software.

Fine, not a problem.

Unfortunately she didn’t do a good job, we had to hire 2 other people, one to edit her work & one to utilize all of the features the survey software had because this independent contractor didn’t care enough about the quality of work she did, or she just wasn’t skilled enough.

We paid her everything but the last 50%, $40. I didn’t even feel we should have had to pay her for her 2nd invoice, but she duped me into paying her 50% upfront.

She lied about what happened, posting a negative review about me on Guru & I put her on my blog to warn other companies about her skill set & her personality .

She just found the post a week or two ago & ran crying to Guru.com & Guru tells her we have been banned.

This is typical Guru.com behavior. Stick up for the independent contractor whether they know what they are doing or not, & blame the company for standing up for themselves & refusing to pay for work that is shoddy & has to be redone by others.

The fact that Guru was even discussing this private information with an independent contractor 11 months after the fact amazes me, but doesn’t really surprise me.

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