Two weeks ago I thought it would be a good idea to signup for the website HourlyNerd.com and it has been a train wreck ever since! The first job I had was to use a database to find businesses for a company that was looking for IT consulting companies. I provided a list of over 2,000 companies for Lyon Solutions, the client and they didn’t like the list. I asked for further guidance and was given very little as to what they really wanted. After a phone call to Randy Miller at hourlynerd he said just to wait until they engaged and that he would reach out to them. Within a few days nothing had happened still and I sent Randy an email as he instructed telling him that we didn’t get word from the company. He never responded to my email and just today said he didn’t see it. I was paid for my time and service, which was nice but still the project was a flop.
The second of my two projects started yesterday when Coral Gables Energy, wanted to know if their coal plant waste material would make a good fertilizer and what would need to be added to it to make it viable. We got to work immediately and sent David Schwedel the CEO several questions about his waste, called tailings, which is the byproduct of coal plants that refine coal, and he never responded to any of them.
David Schwedel…more like David Schwindal!
Today he emailed us and said he wanted to change consultants and didn’t want to use us anymore. We spent over eight hours combined on his project and we did a great job communicating with him but the answer we have him he didn’t like. His sample was laden with metals and was not suitable for a fertilizer product. He obviously didn’t want to hear that, so he complained. Again Randy Miller sent me and email and we had a phone conversation about our work. Randy just sent me an email saying that they weren’t going to pay us for our time since we did not give him a final deliverable, which we did. Watch out for HourlyNerd.com, I would not recommend them to anyone who is serious about testing out consulting as a freelance consultant because they will give you a horrible taste in your mouth for legitamate consultant work. We were taken advantage of to the tune of $1500, and that’s not right. In real consulting, even if the client doesn’t like the outcome, the firm still gets paid! We are owed $1500 from HourlyNerd! I will be filing a BBB against them and might take it to their states attorney! We shall see.
These guys started hourlynerd.com and it’s completely amatuer hour over there! Don’t trust them! You will get ripped off!
HourlyNerd...don't sign up they rip you off!
