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Poll: What is the biggest warning sign that a new client or agency might be difficult to work with?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 03:53
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Some of the above... Aug 6

... and inflexible payment methods. I don't accept payment through PayPal.
 
Cristina Heraud-van Tol
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Peru
Local time: 21:53
Member (2005)
English
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Other Aug 6

Hundreds of instructions -too long to read- for a very simple translation, besides extra tasks they ask you to do, without getting paid for those extras.

Nadia Silva Castro
Luis M. Sosa
Stéphane Elner
Maria Laura Curzi
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Peter Motte
Michael Newton
 
texjax DDS PhD
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Local time: 22:53
Member (2006)
English to Italian
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Other Aug 6

Excessive, unnecessary documentation during onboarding and overly complicated processes.

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Michael Newton
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 


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Poll: What is the biggest warning sign that a new client or agency might be difficult to work with?






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