I just had an interview with James Owen from Click Intelligence & I feel Click Intelligence is unethical
Skype – jamesowen.seo
So this James Owen character puts out a hiring ad on Elance looking for someone to approach blogs for guest blogging. I wasted 15 minutes of my time typing up a great bid as I have a lot of experience in this area.
The hiring ad that James wrote up clearly showed he demanded excellence & that people prove to him that they read his hiring ad & could follow instructions.
The next thing I know, he’s contacting me on Elance & asking me to add him to his Skype which I do almost immediately.
It was very late by me as he’s in the UK & I’m in North American time, but I stayed up almost an hour to interview with him. It doesn’t take a lot of brains to know that I’m up late & I even told him I was tired.
It first took him a long time to write up anything on Skype, so I wait patiently. Then when he did start writing, I could tell right away he didn’t read a word I wrote in my bid. At first I thought he was just testing me, but after asking his second & third question which I had ALREADY answered in my bid, I started to lose respect for the guy, but I plowed ahead.
Then he starts talking about the pay & after 2 words came out of his mouth, I knew there was going to be a problem. I had already bid $18/hour.
I DO expect all clients to respect an independent contractor’s time enough to:
a) read their bid/proposal
b) read what they want per hour & not try to do an end run at the 11th hour
And this guy expects US to read his hiring ad, but then he has the nerve to NOT read what I had to say???
The next thing I know, he’s telling me that the way they normally pay is by the blog post. They will pay $10 per finalized post because they give me all the content & sites. I’m like WTH????
I bid per hour & this is your business & you are making it seem like you are doing me a favor? Do you think I’m stupid?
You expect me to work for free until I get you results??? I didn’t say that, but that’s what I was thinking.
So I told him I’m NOT interested in that & the next thing I know, I’m talking to the wall. James Owen from Click Intelligence has disappeared.
I’m furious now.
Then 5 minutes later he comes back & tries to tell me he will give me $30 per post. I started giving him a piece of my mind. I said, “why didn’t you just say this in the hiring ad so I could make an informed decision if I wanted to go that route?” “I spent a lot of time on my bid & I stayed up just for you & your interview.”
You know what James does next???
He signs off & blocks or removes me from his Skype list.
WHAT AN ASSHOLE.
If you are thinking about getting any kind of SEO services from this company, just look at how they treat people they are trying to hire.
Hire at your own risk. Unethical people are unethical across the board!
Michelle
