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.

On Saturday, December 6, 2010, I received a call from a person named "Iassic Smith" from "Barrister Global Services". He said that they had multiple customers my area and that they needed a technition for that area to do electronics repairs.

I did a search on Barrister International through both Yahoo and Google. I should have known it was a scam when this website was within the top 5 links for both searches. I figured that since most of the posts were older posts, and they weren't asking for any money, it may be worth a shot.

Unfortunatly, I was wrong. Attached as proof photos are e-mail exchanges between myself and Iassic Smith; the person who initially contacted me.

As you can see in e-mail #1, he skated around the last question about how many hours would be involved. This is because Duke Energy is aparently the ONLY company they have in my area. They have a printer there that they need repaired and they are only willing to pay for 1 hour of on-site time.

In the 5th question, he also states that they pay $25 PER HOUR for repairs as well as $20/hr for training. The truth is that they refuse to pay you for more than 1 hour of on-site time per call. They also refuse to pay milage or expenses - making sure that YOU GET ONLY $25 PER CALL for HP Repairs ($45 per call for non-hp repairs). They also do NOT pay for training. This was an outright LIE - there is NO TRAINING.

After 6 days of wasting my time, I finally got an e-mail from them requesting money from me. It is labeled as "BARRISTER EMAIL #2". In it, he requests that I give them my credit card number so that they can charge me $50 to perform a "Background Check" on me. NOT ONCE did he EVER mention this charge for the background check. NOT ONCE IN MULTIPLE CALLS OVER 6 DAYS!!! ONLY in this e-mail did he EVER mention it. Since, I have gotten 3 more calls from him requesting that I complete it - saying that he has a deadline that this needs to be completed by and the "window" is closing. Hince, the "Sense of Urgency" that most con-artists try to give their victims.

In other wards, they want me to pay them $50 - so that they can pay me $25 to repair one of their printers. Since Duke Energy is the only customer they have in my area, I seriously doubt that I would EVER get another "service call" from them again.

Also, note that in his response to my first e-mail, he identifies himself as a recruiter. In his other e-mail to me, the bottom of it is signed as a "Core Return Specialist". Another indication of a scam is when con-artists start contradicting themselves over lengthy periods of time.

This company is a complete scam. If they ever ask you for money, get as far away as you can!!!

I have done 2 jobs for barrister and will never do one again. I was called March 2012 to replace a motherboard. Easy enough, done those. Got to the location and motherboard there and proceeded to pull out old motherboard and replace with new. got cpu ready and installed motherboard. When I turned the computer on nothing. Called their tech support and they had already left for the day yet it was only 7pm pst. which is 9 cst in which they say they have technicians till 10:30. I had no choice but to leave and come back the next day of which I was told I would not get paid. The cost I would receive was only 35 dollars plus downloading 50+ pages of their instructions and burning 3 cds. I went back the second day and went through their procedure to check the power supply which it turned out was fine. Now I have refused to go back a 3rd time without pay and they say they won't pay me at all even for the time I spent. This organization are shisters to get techs work for pennies and not nearly what they are worth. I suggested they replace the cpu and found out that is what they are doing. they pay no gas costs even though gas is over 4:00 a gallon where I live. Never do business with Barrister.

On a professional level of I.T. that still doesn't answer the question as to WHY they refused to pay mpgenaw1985 here?!
Yes they manages thousands of techs
Yes they manages thousands of accounts
But that doesn't mean that they should stall any honest tech doing their work from getting paid! If they have to VERIFY that the work was completed and the issue was resolved there should be no delay after verifying that along with ensuring that the customer was satisfied in order to pay the technician. Working unsupervised in I.T. doesn't mean you should be delayed in getting paid for what you do. The problem comes from payroll or up top if there is any delay in receiving a paycheck (example: Pomeroy I.T. solutions)
If you don't expect Barrister to babysit you...then don't expect to get paid on time. Following-up and communication in I.T. is of the utmost importance...why would any nationwide services company neglect to do any of that with any of their employees?

There are a couple of facts to consider:
1. I am a Barrister technician.
2. Barrister manages hundreds if not thousands of technicians nationwide.
3. Barrister manages private & government accounts nationwide.
4. Barrister welcomes new accounts everyday.
5. Barrister welcomes new technicians everyday.
6. There are thousands of phone calls and emails that require complete follow-up for the call center everyday.
I have done work on the field along with my fellow technicians. To tell the VERY TRUTH, most COMPUTER GEEK WANNABE are VERY clumsy and most of the time you do not know what you are doing. Barrister pissed me off a couple of times. But is it their fault? NO! It is their way of operating a business and there is a reason behind everything.

I am not a big fan of you technicians out there trying to trash Barrister. Yes they MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BABYSIT you like a LOCAL BUSINESS would. Yes you go to work for McDonald's and you get paid every week for doing things that other people want to do. Working for Barrister is a privilege. You're working unsupervised, therefore, be wise and do it right. Comply with their rules and get paid.
Base on the workload at Barrister. Do you expect Barrister to babysit you? NO! Working on the field unsupervised, Barrister has to VERIFY if the work is done - using different methods - before a technician is paid for that job. If you need assistance to learn the rule, just contact them and they'll work with you! Good luck.