Barrister Global Services Network
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Barrister has responded to this individual and resolved his concerns. We work with all of the techs who perform work for us, and we pay on time. Ask the over 2, 000 techs who worked for us in 2015. Compared to a few negative posts, you will quickly see where the problem may lie. When we work with a tech repeatedly and they continue to complain about the exact same issue over and over, even once it has been resolved they continue to re-visit the instance, and they find fault with every term and condition and process, it becomes expedient for both parties to discontinue the relationship.

This sounds very similar to my story. I had worked for Barrister since 2003. Had occasional problems, especially when Katrina hit. Since that time, tech hold times have increased - over 3 hours on hold at 3PM MDT on a Friday, till the onsite person had to go home, pay has become a pain, and getting hold of dispatch take over an hour. Then they deactivate me because I complain about not being paid on time and am "Unhappy"

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.

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

2015 same complaints, pay issues, send me a check instead of direct deposit, the check was short due to contract breach. No one to talk to, to find out what the contract breach was, come to find out it was there mistake and took over 2 months to get cleared up. There not very professional on pay at all, and they do not pay techs very well compared to competitors

It appears that Barrister is trying to find out who complains about their lack of ethics. A comment asks toe-mail Jodie L Jester @ yahoo.com. Watch oout technicians it most likely goes to Barrister Mgmt.

I would like to share my experience with Barrister, I'm a field service tech with 10 years experience. I have only done a few calls with them thank goodness...on my first call I helped a customer setup his new PC, wireless printer and 2 Win7 PC's and 2 XP Pc's on a wireless network to share files and printers he had 2 prior Barrister HP techs onsite who could not do this. The job took a few hours longer than expected, I called in as directed 1.5 hrs into the call and spoke to Barrister and HP who gave the go ahead to keep working and he said I would be paid extra for the work. I NEVER WAS! I have called/talked with 3 of their managers not one of them has called/emailed me back after leaving several messages and emails. Be warned fellow Techs this company is Terrible and DO NOT WORK FOR THEM! They also pay Late more than 30days and have accused me of not sending back the parts so they could hold back my pay...however I kept the Fedex reciept which was the only way I had of proving I sent the parts back. DO NOT WORK FOR BARRISTER they are one of the worst tech contractors out there. My advice is STAY AWAY! Any other techs out there who are needing work try another company one that actually pays you what your worth and on time! I also noticed several people actually defending Barrister saying they are a good company and they pay on time that is NON SENSE they are obviously Barrister management...STAY AWAY from working for BARRISTER Global Services...and Good News they just landed another big HP contract LoL

barrister is horrible. i just found out that htye lost their HP contract, they lost the SSA work they were doing. they are losing money hand over fist and this guy John Bowers is lying to all of their custoemrs about their abilities. RUN FROM THIS COMPANY

They r like a company i use to work for call Prism Point. They both have lied to menot paid me . Kept asking for proof that I had complete work. I made copy of the singed work order and they told me sorry we do not take copies but we are to fax them or email them the signed stuff. Also I send part back to them and track the number it shows recv and a sign at the address on the label bt they tell me there is nosuch employee in the comapny by the signed name :-( tey owe me $15000 and I am talking to a lawer and I am talking to the local bbb

The real name of the company is Barrister Global Services Network. i would change your title so that people searching will find this company. they are in the process of losing their HP contract and the company itself is one of the most unproffessional companies i have ever had the displeasure of working for. i was promised different rates, paid a lot less, constantly belittled by people that did not have any idea what they were talking about and the management is terrible. the main people i believe are Gerry, John and Debra.

my husband want to work with barrister co... is that safe

I was also ripped off by Barrister on this and other projects. they short paid me for a bunch of small RFSs. Then with the BK project, they went all out and stole over $1000 from me. I paid workers to complete sites, got sign offs, and submitted completion photos. Barrister is refusing to pay and just befuddles the issue by tossing it from rep to rep, asking for signed RFSs that they specifically instructed me not to use. (The RFSs say Barrister and we were to represent The Insite Group while onsite!)

Well said brother! Exactly the same ### is happening to me... Hate these ###ers

Barrister is a scam, pure and simple. After 2 months of work, which includes about 6 residential calls, and 2 project calls. I show $75 in my bank account from these ###s. They owe me a couple thousand. When I realized this, I did some checking and found this site, and there are others with thousands more complaints. Unreal. I got suckered into this by a friend who felt the need to sign me up, but I was free, so I gave it a shot. And now here I am, a good 3 months down the road and $70. If you think this is a job, guess again. It is a scam. It is a laundering operation, slave labor operation, and all of the above. Don't get involved with this company, period. Of course, Im sure you have figured this out already if you are here reading this. Im going to bring the hammer with the BBB, Attorney generals, etc. I have to say, after reading this site, and my own experiences, its just pure hilarity. One of the guys I worked with was living in homeless shelter, and rode the bus to a site, and I was asked by barrister to give this guy a ride for a week to another site, which I declined, as Im not a taxi cab, and no offer of compensation for this was given by anyone.

It is no wonder if he is relying on Barrister for payment. I do web design, server installations, etc, I don't need "help" getting them the RFS to their TechWA website which is broken on purpose as a reason for them to delay payment, or not pay at all. I also emailed RFS forms upwards of 6 times each to their email address in every file format known to mankind, and they would still say they didn't get it. ###. Who the f*** uses .tif? Barrister. They request an out of date format on purpose, Its a scam.

13% deduction in your check for "quick" pay that does not exist? LOL How about a $200 fine for being late to a project site? Dont go over an hour at any site, because its $35 period, not $35 an hr. You uploaded and successfully attached your RFS to TechWA? Oh, we cant see it. You havent been paid what you are owed? No problem, send it to the "pay issues" email. lmao

This ### hole should be out of business for its criminal activities.

Welcome to globalism, and the equalization of the american worker with third world countries.

I AM going to get my money.

I AM going to get my money.

this is the exact reason why there is a 20+ page complaint about barrister already. and, the reason why i dont do work for them anymore.
they are pathetic enough to have a personal blog type of website that is created by someone that works internal. It calls all of the techs, making complaints, liars.
http://barrister-global-services-scam.blogspot.com/

"One, the technician calls in to Barrister while onsite to close the call. The number to call is [protected]"

...and wait on hold UNPAID for at least 30 minutes, but most likely an hour - while the EU sits there and looks at you like you're a ### for sitting on hold with "your" home office for so long.

Add to this, refurbished DOA parts requiring a reinstall of the original part and a return trip to site to "fix" the issue, no return labels, UNPAID travel time and/or mileage, "lost" paperwork...multiple times, and at least 30 days waiting for the whopping $35 you made for 2 hours or more on site...and that is if you get paid at all.

The last time Barrister called me for an HP warranty ticket, I told him I needed at least $90, after all, that is what ServiceLive has been paying me for the SAME HP warranty calls, and he choked. He asked me "How can they be paying that much?" I told him "I don't know, better contract negotiators maybe?" hahaha

It's painfully obvious, this company is a joke, and the joke is on the techs who do the work for them.

But OnForce (OnfArce?) has it's own set of problems. I am doing a little research as I am about to have a fight with OnfArce over getting paid for work completed this week. There are scam artists on OnfArce that abuse that system and OnfArce does little or nothing about it.

I too have been scammed by Barrister, when I reconciled my account I had several non payments from them. They claimed they had not received my paperwork when in fact I had Faxed AND Emailed the paperwork within the alloted time. I have heard from other technicians this is very common with them.

I believe a class action law suit may be in order.

Barrister appreciates our technicians and the work they perform for us. We have three steps technicians have to follow in order to get paid. They are as follows:

One, the technician calls in to Barrister while onsite to close the call. The number to call is [protected]

Two, upon completing service, login to TechWa and attach completed & signed RFS within 10 Days – sooner the better. The tech has 10 days from the date service was completed to login to TechWa and attach the RFS or the work order will not be paid. Attached is step by step directions to create a label and to enter return tracking.

Three, return core part and provide Barrister the return tracking number. The tech has 10 days from the date service was completed for the part to be returned e.g. scans as in transit or shows returned or the work order will not be paid. To expedite payment, you can now go to Barrister’s web portal, TechWa, and enter this information yourself. Attached is step by step directions to create a label and to enter return tracking.