Reply to: How to report a cowboy

[pmeswani]

Oh! Come on!!!!!

I've been out all day and you've banned him again.

He is our saviour!

Revolution!!!!

Every good deed.....

[MarillionFan]

In an effort to comply with russel's request I've actioned a couple of ...er... actions. Can you guess what the second one is?

Oh! Come on!!!!!

I've been out all day and you've banned him again.

He is our saviour!

Revolution!!!!

[NotAllThere]

This is not General so keep it on topic please.

In an effort to comply with russel's request I've actioned a couple of ...er... actions. Can you guess what the second one is?

[russell]

"Russell" is a trolling sockpuppet no better than Contractor79 (in fact I wouldn't be overly shocked if it's the same puppeteer), ignore him.

This is not General so keep it on topic please.

[pmeswani]

"Russell" is a trolling sockpuppet no better than Contractor79 (in fact I wouldn't be overly shocked if it's the same puppeteer), ignore him.

They are probably owned by the same person for all I / we know.

[mrdonuts]

How would you go about reporting a cowboy?

are all cowboys really indians?

how are you going to check the quals they have listed from shawadiwaddi university or verify their experience - no chance, there is feck all you can do

[TykeMerc]

Carry on with what you do... if you believe in going in with bullsh*t, then go for it.

"Russell" is a trolling sockpuppet no better than Contractor79 (in fact I wouldn't be overly shocked if it's the same puppeteer), ignore him.

[pmeswani]

Those two sentences don't seem to have any connection. You left your last contract because one of your colleagues was sh*te?

I love it when a fellow contractor is terrible, makes me look good.

Carry on with what you do... if you believe in going in with bullsh*t, then go for it.

[pmeswani]

You left a contract because you felt someone you worked with was an insult to the technical community. My my, you must be loaded to be so precious.

The term 'what goes around, comes around'. Cowboy contractors will get theirs eventually and if you are intimidated by somebody like that it doesn't say much for your own confidence in your own skills.

Not loaded at all. Just have a little pride and self-respect to work with people who are tulip at their job. If I continued working with the guy, my credibility would have suffered even more.

[quackhandle]

Inform your nearest Sheriff (Are you working in Scotland? Quite a few there)

HTH.

qh

[MarillionFan]

Well, I can only hope that our paths will never cross. As far as i am concerned, your CUK and real life rep is no different. One of the reasons why I left my last contract was because the contractor I was working with was sh*te and was an insult to the technical community.

You left a contract because you felt someone you worked with was an insult to the technical community. My my, you must be loaded to be so precious.

The term 'what goes around, comes around'. Cowboy contractors will get theirs eventually and if you are intimidated by somebody like that it doesn't say much for your own confidence in your own skills.

[pmeswani]

If I grassed up every contractor I worked with on suspicions that they "sexed up" their CV, my real life rep would match my CUK one.

Any contractor worth their salt will have exaggerated on their CV, then spent many hours cramming on a skill, then you get in and learn on the job, then it becomes a real skill.

Well, I can only hope that our paths will never cross. As far as i am concerned, your CUK and real life rep is no different. One of the reasons why I left my last contract was because the contractor I was working with was sh*te and was an insult to the technical community.

[russell]

I'm just interested in how you'd deal with a contractor you worked with who you had huge suspicions was there on the basis of a false cv. It's obvious when it happens.

If I grassed up every contractor I worked with on suspicions that they "sexed up" their CV, my real life rep would match my CUK one.

Any contractor worth their salt will have exaggerated on their CV, then spent many hours cramming on a skill, then you get in and learn on the job, then it becomes a real skill.

[pmeswani]

As I don't know what you do for a living, I would suggest at the next project meeting nominating the cowboy to do a piece of work that (s)he claims can do blindfolded and sit back and wait to see what happens.

[pmeswani]

Tsk! they are all the same

The same can be said about Agents....