I just got a call from Barclay Restorations

[mbarrick]

Apparently they are not directly responsible for the crap job, so says the the guy who just called me. The shitty job was done by their guys, but working directly under the direction and payroll of the building owner. So just because the guy who did the crap painting job on my balcony was wearing a Barclay uniform doesn't mean he was working for Barclay at the time. So, basically the guys from Barclay are being contracted by the owner, are blatantly not giving a shit about the quality of work they are doing, ripping off the owner and making their regular employer look bad in the process. OK, kids, say it with me: "boondoggle."

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boondoggle

[sovietnimrod.livejournal.com]

Say it with me: Better Business Bureau

The one time I used a BBB (to field a counter-complaint), it scared the freaking shit out of the company I had the issue with.

Re: boondoggle

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

There's a limit to how much I want to piss of the landlord, though. If it was simply the restoration company's fault I'd be happy to hang them out to dry on one of the painted-over nails.

Given the right (dis)incentive I can be a huge thorn in just about anyone's side. There's the lovely pissing match I had with HSBC and the recruiters that placed me there where I quite happily stood up to the largest bank in the world. The best one though, was the time when working for a janitorial contractor where I organized an ad-hoc union and strike because we were all getting screwed over. When I was done with the company they were in dutch with the Labour Relations Board, the BBB, barred from making student job postings in the UI office, lost a contract with a grocery store chain on the island, and everybody, including me, got paid out in full for the back-wages we were owed.

I can be a right bastard when it's called for.

Re: boondoggle

[sovietnimrod.livejournal.com]

Good point - the landlord can still hold you hostage for your damage deposit.

Ahh Subcontracts and Subcontracts

[mediavictim.livejournal.com]

You know .. with all the reselling and subcontracting in the world ..it makes me
wonder who is actually doing any REAL work

So if the workers have their uniform on - but don't have to take responsibilty for the result of the work- this means that there is not connection to the company being promoted and the work being done.

I just though of a new business.... we go around to various tool manufacturers, architecture companies , and reovation companies -get them to pay us gobs of money - and then sew their logos onto coveralls to be given for free to independant contractors.... The contractors get free coveralls, the companies get advertising, we get paid. If auto racing can do it - why can't we?