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Barrister Global Services Network

42548 Happywoods Rd, Hammond, LA, 70403, US
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Barrister Global Services Network - They refuse to pay for 500 mile one-way travel, refusal to remove my number and email address, then harass and abuse by phone and e-mail

In 2008-ish I made the mistake of responding to a request by Barrister Global Services for my availability to run potential IT related service calls for them "in my area". After paying for "background" and "security" checks, as well as filling out a ridiculous amount of paperwork, setting my service area and shop rate together with travel within my service area, I began to receive service requests by phone asking me to drop my rates and eliminate travel. The service requests were all for sites that were hundreds of miles away. I finally requested they remove me from all databases, as the business could not afford to run calls for them. Years later (2021), they began calling again, requesting my availability to run calls for them... still hundreds of miles away. After quoting rates, including travel, the agents would declare they had to get my rates approved by a supervisor. I did not hear back from the original agents; however, a "new" agent would call and/or email me requesting my availability and rates for the same service request. I would question these agents as to whether the original agents had notated my rates, together with travel. Their responses were something like this, "there are no notes. We don't pay travel. How much would you charge to go to 'XYZ, USA' (346-580 miles one-way)?" So, in answer, I would quote our standard shop rate, with anticipated round-trip travel included. They would sometimes repeat the same behavior as previous agents did. Sometimes, they would scoff and state it was too much... that they have only $45 budgeted, or say, "come on... it's just a little job and we have many more in the area you could run..."
I finally demanded they remove me from their call and e-mail lists. I did ask several agents to pass on the need to have upper management to examine the reasons their call centers are trying to recruit service companies for work orders in major cities hundreds of miles away and yet refuse to pay for travel... that they need to find companies in those immediate areas. They continued to call; and, if I ignored the calls, they would wait for my voicemail to pick up and sometimes request my availability... sometimes they would leave their microphones on, picking up laughter and chatter in the background... sometimes they would place their end on hold, filling my message storage space up with obnoxious on-hold noise. They would call a couple to several times per day. I finally blocked their numbers. They now call, sometimes up to 50 times a day, using some type of switchboard technology, that allows them to place several calls within a short period of time... either placing my voicemail on hold, or sending it into an endless "ringing" by transferring the call to an unused phone extension while they place more. They fill up our business voicemail until maxed out with some type of rapid dialer technology that places several calls at a time within the same minute. This is evidenced by our phone and voicemail logs. Barrister Global Services Network has, and continues to actively and intentionally interfere with our business. We are pursuing avenues to take the appropriate legal actions against them.

Desired outcome: Monetary damages, censure/fines and penalties levied, and to cease and desist

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Barrister Global Services Network - Not paying as promised

They asked me to service a printer and when I reached the site the part sent was incorrect, target printer details were wrong and the printer on site was dead with no serial number on the unit. The tech. on the phone just kept asking for serial number of the printer even after I emailed him the pictures multiple times. Seemed mentally challenged, I drove for 3 hours and spent 2 hours on site trying to sort out mess created by mismanagement by Barrister!
We should report this organized criminal racket to FBI and have them shut down for good! I am willing to testify in any court at my expense to save other engineers from these schemer low lifes out of Luisiana!

Desired outcome: Dissolution of this company for being a national racket/fraud

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Barrister Global Services Network - Non payment for completed assignments

I have been associated with Barrister Global Services since 2005 when I had a retail/service company located in Northern Arizona. Most of my assignments with the consisted of State Farm Insurance calls. I was normally paid an hourly rate and was always paid on time. Medical issues in 2012 (lost my leg due to an uncontrolled infection) required me to relocate to Southern Arizona and I stopped doing any work at all for almost three years. Now recovered, I wanted to get back into the business and subsequently responded to an open Barrister email requesting a tech in my area. Not having had an issue with Barrister in the past, I readily accepted two assignments and was paid my asking rate and on time. Since those two assignments, I have completed over 15 additional work orders for Barrister and have yet to be paid for any of them. Despite repeated calls, emails, and disputes posted through the Barrister Tech Portal, I continue to get ignored. Barrister seems to have a problem. Their staff has transitioned to almost all India (at least their accents lead me to believe) representatives. Don't know if these are imported workers or if Barrister has exported their call center. Bottom line - Barrister has a problem with paying their contractors. Until they can turn this around, I would advise anyone to steer clear of this company.

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Hammond, US
Dec 07, 2015 12:21 pm EST
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Barrister representatives speak with every technician who is assigned a job. The rate is offered verbally. Once the technician accepts the rate, the technician is emailed dispatch paperwork where the rate is clearly specified. That paperwork including the rate serves as the agreement between Barrister and the technician. Technicians are urged to review the paperwork prior to performing the service and to immediately contact our dispatch team upon receipt of paperwork if there are any questions, concerns or if the rate is not clearly stated or different from what the technician agreed upon. Once the tech has accepted the rate, and performed the work, Barrister is unable to adjust the rate as we have dispatched the work to the tech at a rate at which we may bill our customer.

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rewest64
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Oct 15, 2015 12:16 pm EDT

my name is Robert West #Bas68063 I have not been paid and was charge for parts that the customer refuse to release to me since they were sent directly to the site
service order number is 3926146 done on Aug 23 and 24 the last job I did before shoulder reconstruction so I was out of the net for 3 mos. But the system would not accept either hard drive because HP sent the customer the wrong software. the client was working through Square Trade for there warrenty work, there number is [protected], and so the customer refused to give me the hard drives and they were sent with shipping numbers of [protected] and [protected] under reference number [protected].
I cant make a client give me parts I did not come with and they were being advised through i'd assume through Barrister and Square Trade.. I can not be nor will I responsible nor penalized for parts I did not sign for. Please remove this charge and give me my money. My track and service record speaks for itself. The customers name is Magdalene Fulks

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Barrister Global Services Network - Unethical

Barrister was in business over 35 years with the previous owner. Not Debra and John Bowers (mother and son) who purchased Barrister after the katrina disaster. Utilizing insurance money from property damage. Debra Bower's husband owns a construction business an used his resources including the hefty insurance payment to purchase Barrister from its previous owner. Barrister Global Services Network, Inc is unethical, so much so, that HP, Hewlett Packard and Walmart both have ceased to do business with Barrister. That's correct, Barrister Global Services Network, Inc managed to lose their two biggest contracts in their possession.

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Barrister was in business over 35 years with the previous owner. Not Debra and John Bowers (mother and son) who purchased Barrister after the katrina disaster. Utilizing insurance money from property damage. Debra Bower's husband owns a construction business an used his resources including the hefty insurance payment to purchase Barrister from its previous owner. Barrister Global Services Network, Inc is unethical, so much so, that HP, Hewlett Packard and Walmart both have ceased to do business with Barrister. That's correct, Barrister Global Services Network, Inc managed to lose their two biggest contracts in their possession.

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Morristown, US
Jul 04, 2011 12:22 am EDT
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Absolutely right! I can attest to the fact that Barrister is still trying to avoid paying local tech/contractors...if they can get away with it. You have to stand up to them. Awful company!

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Barrister Global Services Network - Non-payment

I just wanted to add to the list of complaints about Non-Payment. I'm not a technician for Barrister, but my husband is. We own a computer store in the small town that we live in. My husband happened upon this company through Craig's List. He went and stayed in Hammond, LA for a week and went through training with no problems. He has worked for Barrister...

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Barrister Global Services Network - Dishonest about payments

Exceedingly dishonest about payments. They will quote you and promise you one thing, and then not honor their commitment. They will get you on-site for a service call, and if it be4comes complicated, will verbally promise you an hourly rate, or an increased flat rate, and then when it comes time for payment, they will deny ever making any such commitments, even if your have names, times, and the end-user's signature.

If you try to secure your rights to payment you were promised, they will stop using you. They go through technicians like water through a sieve as a result of this.

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Mar 15, 2010 10:39 am EDT

"You People" like Thomas Weeks need to realize that Barrister abuses their own policies and does not follow them. I have been working for them off and on since around 2000. When things got slow, I would take their calls, but it is always a hassle getting paid, and getting paid what I'm promised. Every one hour service call takes at least an additional 15 minutes to manage, and track, and verify payment. In the last three years, it has gotten much worse.

I have many jobs where I got the bloody email, got the customer to bloody sign it, bloody emailed and faxed it in, got acknowledgment of the receipt of the signed RFS, got a bloody closing confirmation number, and they still say they will not pay me because their internal system does not show me having done the job, even though they admit it hiccups from time to time. There was one time where their system totally died and lost records. And even though I had the paperwork and the signatures, they wouldn't pay me because it wasn't "in the system", and even if the system did die and lose records two months earlier, the system is perfect. Anybody seen Brazil?

I have many jobs where, upon arriving on site, I found the job to be far more complicated than they originally stated, or something else has gone wrong that prevents me from doing what I was sent to do, or some other type of aberration from initial scope of work has occurred, and then dispatch/tech support authorizes an upgrade to an hourly rate or a higher base pay, and when I submit the paperwork, they pay just the original amount. They have told me I was supposed to have a new email that describes the payment upgrade. And it doesn't matter if I'm somewhere I can't get an email or fax, and it doesn't matter if I have the name and extension of the supervisor who approved the upgrade, and it doesn't even matter if I have a non-system-generated-RFS email from the supervisor approving the upgrade, and it doesn't matter if I have an email from another employee confirming that the notes for the call do state an upgrade was authorized by a Supervisor, accounts payable will not honor the upgrade. I ask them if I am supposed to just leave the customer's site if I can't get written proof of the upgrade as an RFS, and they say no, then I wouldn't get paid even for the original RFS amount. Accounts payable will actually tell you that when you except a job, you are bound to complete it no matter how long it takes and no matter what complications there are.

I have gotten calls where supervisors are begging me to take a call that pays $45 for a three hour drive and 45 minutes onsite, with promises that if I take this one for the team, they'll fix all the other stuff and make nice. And because I always like being nice, and giving people chances to make things up, I solve their problem. And then accounts payable makes liars out of them.

And then they will insist that you have to close a call out while onsite, but then make you sit on hold for forty minutes, hang up on you, then make you sit on hold for another half an hour, just to close the call. And then they threaten you with fines of more than double the service call rate if you break any of their precious rules. They can waste your time, for any reason in the world, and that's okay with them. But dear Lord forbid anything should happen to prevent you from toeing their line to absolute bureaucratic perfection. They do until others as they would NEVER want anyone to do unto them.

And then if when a guy really makes a concerted effort to collect on these non-payments/underpayments, they drop you like a hot potato for any other service calls. It's almost like they realize they don't have the sucker they want anymore, so don't let the door hit you on the butt on the way out.

Some people might say that's extortion, fraud or both. I don't know, that's just Barrister, bless their little hearts.

So if you want to work for Barrister, be prepared to work at one third or less of going industry rates and resign yourself to losing around 10% of what they tell you they will pay you.

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Barrister Global Retard
Rochester, US
May 30, 2012 7:54 am EDT

Perfromed computer repair services for this company and they make every excuse to not pay you. They will ask you to go the site and replace a part that they diagnosed to fix the problem and ends up not being the correct dignosis. Then they say they aren't going to pay because you didn't sit on the phone on hold with their tech support person who doesn't have a clue how to fix a computer and is probably a ten dollar an hour ###. After I tell them that it needs a powersupply they ask if you bareboned teh computer and all this othet bs. The reason theya re asking is because they purchase the cheapest parts possible for their Staples Warranty repairs that sometimes it takes 2 or 3 nefore one shows up that actually works. And somehow the tech gets faulted and blamed for all this. STAY AWAY NOT WORT THE LOUSY 35 bucks. YEAH THATS REALLY ALL THEY PAY .If it wasn't practically next doorI wouldn't have bothered.

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Voluntary Work Barrister
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Oct 11, 2011 2:43 am EDT
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I totally agree with you all here. I am feeling the pain as well. What Barrister will do is to please you by making the first two payments in a timely manner to deceive you and thinking it is a good deal instead of sitting in the house applying for jobs that have fruitless interviews, you gear up to work harder for the so called Barrister and that, your nightmares begin. It is true they are taking advantage of the high number of highly qualified professionals who have been laid off. This company is a complete rip off and for those out there in a desperate situation like me, please find yourself something better to do. You complete the job out in the field for them and send in the papers. They get the complete work order then after a month or so they will send you an email saying WE CANNOT PAY YOU since we did not get the completed work order in time. Obviously Barrister got paid by HP or whoever the contractor is since the job got done but they dont care about there technician. But here is my advise, DO NOT GIVE UP ON YOUR MONEY YOU HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR! Here is a solution we can all do to protest and to make sure our money is paid in a timely fashion.
You all have records of the customers whom you have worked for and didn’t get paid. Call the customer directly and demand your money. Let them know Barrister has refused to pay you and since you worked for them, have them pay you and Barrister can refund them. If we all do this Barrister will learn there fate now or in the future. My kids will not go hungry again when I have worked so hard to get them what they deserve yet somebody out there is holding my money. Lets keep this campaign on the role!.

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jeffyboy
Pearl River, US
May 03, 2012 8:41 am EDT

Be warned...if you have ever been to jail, you have a clear picture of what it is like to be an employee of Barrister Global Services. In the short time that I have been an employee, the customer service and dispatcher departments are BOMBARDED by consecutive profanity laced emails from the owner's husband and department managers, threatening, berating, and haranguing employees who are not meeting the quota of 3 hours of "talk time" per day, nor meeting the mandatory quota of 20 closed calls per day. An hourly email is sent out listing each employee's ranking. At certain periods, your stats are yelled across a busy room. You sit in your chair 8 hours per day, no breaks except for an hour lunch. What they don't tell you is that in your search for a tech to perform said repair, you cannot find them because NO ONE wants to work for them because of their "payment methods, " making it literally impossible to reach their required goals. I've had techs curse and hang up on me. The tricks they employ to get techs to sign on for the "speed pay" where they take "only" 13% to for them to be paid within 7 days of their completed job is underhanded and sneaky. If their policies are not followed "verbatium (used a great deal in their workplace), they will withhold payments to the techs. They claim that all of the negative posts are a scam by disgruntled techs. Not all of them...I am a former employee who can attest to their under-handed cruelty. They brag that they are part of Fortune's 5000 up and coming businesses; however, they have been in business since 1970 and still have not made it to Fortune's top 500. It is supposed to be a "WOMAN OWNED" business, however, her husband and sons have their hands in a great deal of the management of it. I would think twice before accepting a job with them, either as an employee, or as a tech.

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David Hamm
Cary, US
Jan 07, 2010 7:44 am EST

This company is systematically stealing money from field Engineers. I have been in the computer gardware repair business for 28 years and fortunatly they only owe me $ 180.00. I am glad I went to this site and read up on them because they owe some techs alot more then that. Next stop...the Louisanna Governors office.

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Ex-Technician
St Petersburg, US
Aug 15, 2012 3:52 pm EDT
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Barrister will flat out steal your money! You will NOT get paid. They should build a special prison for these criminals. They are ### sucking trash.

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jbfirebird
nowhere, US
Oct 04, 2012 3:11 pm EDT

staff@BGSN: you are obviously prepared to combat the negative feedback by copying and pasting the same thing over and over. most times, it doesnt have anything to do with the complaint. You know the company has an issue. instead of trying to sweep it under the rug, ; fix it.

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Staff@BGSN
Hammond, US
Oct 02, 2012 1:39 pm EDT

Barrister has been in business for over 35 years, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. We have business relationships with most of the major OEM manufacturers and companies in the United States. We are a strong, capable company with a proven history of successful operation. We care a great deal about the perception of a client or a vendor and anyone with a concern should access company management via our company website www.barrister.com

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hoochdude
okc, US
Sep 25, 2012 7:36 am EDT

Barrister owes my company over 5k, have turned them over for collections for the last year, now we are filling a case with the courts in their home town, word of advise, stay away from barrister, We have 5 techs all had barrister id's and for 2 years they paid ok, then hp pulled their contracts and it all went to hell. Cant see them staying around much longer, we will get only half of what they owe us when this it all over. Dont let it happen to you!

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JustifiedComplained
Oceaside, US
Jul 05, 2012 10:09 pm EDT

Really? Email pay issues? Every single time a work order takes longer? This company has been in business how long? By now you should have a way to determine okay, this took 8 hours today, paying this guy $50 equates to $6.25/hr and minimum wage jobs pay $8/hr and this is skilled labor, in which printer techs are said to average $40, 000 a year which means about 19/hr. Let's adjust that automatically, or at least promote the discussion, since our call center reps get paid hourly, and our techs get a measly $50.

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barrister tech
Buffalo, US
Apr 27, 2012 3:12 pm EDT

The work they quote over the phone is almost always much more complicated when you get onsite.

for example they will say we just need you to go out and replace a paper tray for a printer.
I will ask is this troubleshooting a problem or just a quick swap of a bad tray. They will say sure it's a quick swap.
You wait on hold 5 to 15 minute to check in.
Onsite you find out that the printer is jamming, no scanning, etc... You have to troubleshoot and order parts if necessary which takes way to long. Then after completed another 5 to 15 minutes to check out before leaving site. Then they hold you on the phone for 10 minutes to close the flipping call repeating the same long lingo every time. even if you have done 50 calls for them.

They actually expect you to do service calls for like 25 to 45 dollars flat rate. It's ridiulous.

Then the kicker is what they have called speedpay, now smart pay.
terms pay is a check mailed to you in 30 days after call is completed in the system.
smart pay is a direct deposit sent to you supposedly in 14 days, kicker is that they take like 10 or 15 percent of you paycheck for using the smart pay option.! BIGGEST CROCK I'VE EVER HEARD OF. Charging you 15 percent to use direct deposit which should be cheaper becaue they are not printing checks, envelopes, and postage.

My advice for the tech, never accept the work on the first call, tell them you are booked up solid for 3 to 4 days.
They will usually call back and offer you doulble the rate if you can squeeze them in.

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Barrister Global Services Network - Corporate response

Paying technicians promptly and correctly is a priority for our company.  Payments are generally prepared approximately 21 days following the receipt of all documentation and information from technician closing the call.  Technicians must call from site to close calls, return parts correctly and fax or scan the signed receipt for service.  Once those simple steps are followed, payment is made to technicians.  Barrister maintains an email address, [protected]@barrister.com, which is monitored and answered daily.  If a tech has a problem with payment, of any kind, he should email this address stating the work order number in question and a brief description of his issue.  He will receive an answer within 5 business days

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guyy
Eureka, US
May 10, 2023 1:23 pm EDT

that would work if they responded to emails!

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Dominic Michel
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Jan 06, 2022 11:19 am EST

Good morning. It seems you are unaware of the situation. You may THINK techs get paid once they follow all steps given, but here is proof of that being untrue:

You'll notice the list on the left. This is what I'm waiting on. The list on the right is what was given to me. $487 and some change for a project supposed to pay @ $35/hr = 2 days of work. As you can see, YOU OWE ME.

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lost, US
Mar 25, 2012 9:11 pm EDT
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Thats a great idea... barrister owes me several hundred dollars at this point and is constantly late. i have listened to outright fabrications from Gery Solis. Something that i read in PAYISSUES comment was simply not correct or true. they state "Once the technician accepts the rate, the technician is emailed dispatch paperwork where the rate is clearly specified. That paperwork including the rate serves as the agreement between Barrister and the technician. " That statement is incorrect according to law. Case being that when we accept the job and the CRS goes thru that script that qualifies their terms and requirements for completion of the job. all the rules, mention of the 100 dollar fines etc. ... That is the original contractual agreement between barrister and the technician...!
They are bound by that agreement by law!
i just wanted to mention that...as far as late payments and failure to honor agreements ...i am going to be invoicing barrister for late payments and i will make every effort to enforce equal 100.00 dollar fines on barrister global services network, INC.

ok i'll say it for you guys... i know its what your thinking..."good luck with that"

i'll keep throwing things until something sticks...that's all i can say to answer that...best of luck guys apparently there are many technicians in the same boat that i am in.

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Lee Stan
Taylor, US
Sep 14, 2013 12:48 am EDT

They tend to send wrong parts. Their so called "tech support" that probably never even seen inside of a computer before is the biggest joke i have ever seen besides Geeks squad. Everything to their tech support is "factory recovery". No NIC card being seen "factory recovery", no video when you turn the unit on "factory Recovery". Only good thing that came from that place 96% of the customers I went and did the work for call me directly instead of them now. That is bad when people pay for the warranty but rather pay a technician then deal with that worthless company. $35 per service call on desktops ( use half of that in gas, and then you got tax on it ). $45 for a laptop service call. yeah lets gut a laptop to swap out a laptop motherboard and then tattoo the unit under an hour with the customer hawking over you knocking screws all over. Better yet Barrister expecting the tech to do the job on the customers front porch because their home is a pigpen. Good luck trying to reach someone on the phone under 30 mins. They love not paying their techs in a timely manor if you get paid at all. I no longer do any work for them and no matter how many times you tell them you wont do anymore work for them they still call. I had to change my phone number to stop it. This place is not worth your time.

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Apr 23, 2012 9:33 pm EDT

Run do not walk if they call you to do work for them. They are ###. They do not pay what they say they will. They threaton to bill you $100.if you are late or cancel the call. But if they cancel they do not give you any money, If they screw up after you are on site they only pay $25. They do not answer their phones, as I type this I have been on hold for over 25 min. They charge 13% if you want your money ASAP. They have no respect for techs or our time. Here is what I do If they do not pay tell them you will bill the customer directly
They are the WORST contract company I have ever worked for

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Michael_D
Denver, US
Jun 27, 2011 12:01 am EDT

Yes and it is very hard to get jobs from them. From what I hear now they are making people log in to the site to claim the job and even then they have favorites which does no good to log in. I used to work for them but they owe me so much that I will hever recover what they owe me. Nothing works as their accounting department is all virtual now. Just messages to leave or it kicks you out of voice mail. They find millions of reasons not to pay their techs. They treat their techs like dirt. No repsect at all zero for customer service. Horrible company. Why they have not been shut down as of yet I will never know. I heard that they also reduced down their work orders from 55 to 35 an hour. How can someone live on that? It isn't even worth it for the high gas prices for 35 for what may take 1-2 hours install on some work. Now I heard they are giving test but only to their chosen few. I feel sorry for the biased against people that work there begging for 1 job a month. I am glad I don't work there as a guy, that place sucks! - Michael (ex tech).

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Michae
, US
Mar 12, 2010 9:52 pm EST

Horrible company to do business with. They dont take care of there contractors and avoid paying them. I have reported them to the better business bureau.

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Techno Wizards LLC
Farmington, US
Jan 19, 2010 12:04 pm EST

That's nothing I have a claim that has not been paid for 3.5 years. They still have the gall to call us occasionally and ask us to do service for them.

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David Hamm
Cary, US
Jan 08, 2010 11:48 am EST

http://www.ag.louisiana.gov/ Everyone who has been scammed by these criminals needs to call the Attorney Generals office. I have enclosed the link. They will send you a form to fill out. After they get flooded with complaints they will take action and shut down these thieves.

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jim bob, US
Jul 17, 2009 11:32 am EDT

This company stinks. They owed me a 1000 bucks for months. I had to get down right nasty with them to get the money they owed me. I think they look for every stinking loophole to not pay the techs. I would avoid Barrister like the Swine Flue vaccination!

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Barrister Global Services Network - They don't pay their technicians!

I have been a contract technician for Barrister Global Services Network for 11 months. They are constantly late in paying me as a technician, and when I attempt to call their payment department, no one answers. Also, none of the emails I send regarding payment for the work I've done are replied to. This company is a SCAM. I did get them to pay me for late payments by telling one of their customers that I could not come out to the site because Barrister had not paid me, and I needed gas for my car. Barrister Global Services does not live up to their end of the contracts that they agree to with their technicians. They want me to get to the site on time, but once I complete the work for them, and expect to get paid (21 days after the work is complete)... They don't send a check. I did work for them that is 2 months old that I have not been paid for. They owe me $900, but I have seen none of it. Do not sign up as a computer technician for this company!

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guyy
Eureka, US
May 16, 2023 10:43 pm EDT

This company sent me on a training trip to texas for a week and promised me expenses paid and hours paid. They have ghosted me and refuse to respond to my emails/calls. I'm going to have to pursue legal actions.

Week of 4/16/2023-4/23/2023

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Caine Hakim
Bushkill, US
Apr 09, 2023 8:43 am EDT

Barrister Global Services Network — Class action lawsuit

They owe me for a service call that they cancelled long after I was there

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Sayem Rubel
New York, New York, US
Jul 01, 2022 9:22 pm EDT
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The same issues happened with me. I had $650 pending payments, on the payment date I check in their techportal, showing payment has been paid but didn't in my bank account ! emailed them, escalated to their payment issues department, their reply was " I see that this payments are been kept as result of a $920 credit on 4339619 for a overpayment of $920 you have received via ach on 04/20/2020 for this work order" today date 7/01/2022, after 2 years, they are saying overpaid issues, they keep my money without any proof of statements. And next week they keep more payment as $665 with out any notice or email. again email and escalated to them, now they have no response ! This company is a SCAM. Don't work for this company

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Princess Hephzibah Adaeze
, US
Nov 10, 2019 5:16 am EST

Barrister has refused to pay me. I worked 2 days, a total of 8 hours. I bought materials for the job which cost around $1k. The labor itself is $30 per hour. I drove for hours sourcing for materials and yet, they refused paying me. Barrister is scam. Stay away! I will be suing them

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Bobby Derrick
, US
Jan 20, 2017 9:40 pm EST

these guys are criminals! tech support is terrible. most can barely speak English. how can they hire Asians that don't speak English for tech support to Americans. The telephone system cuts out, and the noise in the background is like a room full of 100 people. The hold times are ridiculous. they can't find your service order half the time. All you techs need to tell the client how bad this company is. That way the client may find a new service provider that will still hire you. I have worked for various companies and this is the worst!

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Marcus Harris
, US
Jan 02, 2017 12:34 pm EST

I was just contacted as a potential technician for this company a few hours ago. These comments solidify my choice to not go into a contract with this company as it did not seem to be a reputable company to work for at all. I'm glad I read this before making my choice.

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TN Computer Repair Business Owner
Johnson City, US
Dec 06, 2013 9:57 am EST
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I received a cold call from Barrister Global in Oct. 2013 this year.
I own a Computer Repair Business and am registered with various search engines.
They sent me on a call to John Deere in Greeneville TN..
I read reviews online of this company and I gave them the benefit in spite of complaints of contractors such as myself not being paid.
Luckily, I went on only one call and waited to be paid so I would not be working for free.
Today I gave up, after numerous calls and emails I have realized that after doing everything right with my visit to John Deer company on the service call, I am not going to be paid, it is December 2013 now.
I chose the speed pay which takes 13% out but should be deposited within 7 days into your Bank Account.
Sorry to say the complaints are correct and you will not be paid for your work.

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Angary Tech
, US
Aug 30, 2016 6:35 am EDT

I am Looking for other contractors that have been cheated by Barrister Global Service Network to join in Class action Law Suit Against Barrister Global Service Network
Contact Me At class.action.barrister@gmail.com.
You must have either a E-mail Trail or Paper trail to back up your claim, You did not get paid, You did not get paid for all your hours you worked, You were charge Fees or Unjustly penalized and fined or pay was delayed more than the 7 days for Speed pay, 21 days for direct deposit and 21 days for a paper check
according to their guidelines for payment of services
We did the work and we want to get paid, fairly, We want to get paid and not have to pay a fee to get paid, and we want to get paid on time
It's time for us contractors to stand up for our rights and get what we deserve

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jason szymarek
, US
Jan 10, 2016 4:46 am EST

Go to suebarrister.com
Class action lawsuit

Nationwide

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Barrister Global Services Network, Inc.
Hammond, US
Jun 25, 2015 10:06 am EDT
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Barrister strives to work efficiently and effectively with our technicians. Barrister does not discriminate in our employment and we do engage representatives of all ethnicities. All of our representatives are evaluated for their ability to understand and be understood. We do monitor and record conversations with our agents so that they can be coached when needed. Like all businesses with high inbound telephone traffic, there are times when hold times are longer than we would like. We continually monitor incoming call patterns and adjust staffing accordingly to try and minimize all wait times.

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