Barrister contacted me about doing work for them in my area. Barrister agreed to pay me an initial fee to go onsite and replace equipment, and then an hourly rate for any additional work that needed to be done such as troubleshooting. I made very sure that the work was completed correctly and Barrister's customer was happy.
2 months have gone by now and I've delivered there bills along with late notices. I contacted their AP people, or payissues@... Barrister... And the girl wanted to hassle me for information they did not give me initially. I got her the information she wanted and when it finally came time to pay, they did not want to pay me for what they had agreed to pay, rather they payed for about a third of the service.
When they initially contacted me about this work, they contacted me as a IRS 1099 employee. When I was talking to their AP person, she told me that I was an employee they just don't withhold taxes from your check, nor do they pay any taxes on your behalf. Luckily I did not do an excessive amount of work for them.
After further reading I found in various newsgroups that they have done similar things to several companies since hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana in 2005. This is just a warning, so hopefully in the future someone doing work for this company, when they do a search will find out that Barrister will do what it takes to get you onsite, but in the end they'll be dodgy on paying you. They are a ripoff and have done this to several individuals.
Shawn
Nashville, Tennessee
U.S.A.
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