Former Colleague Tells my Former Client a Mis-Truth?
Former Colleague Tells my Former Client a Mis-Truth?
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Not that big of a deal really, but I'm interested to hear opinions.
I left Company XZY on uncomfortable terms a couple years ago and just recently a former client called that firm to ask for my help on a project. A former colleague took the call and mentioned he thought I was out of engineering and asked if he could help. Former colleague knows I am still kicking, and in the same field. Former client found me on Linkedin and tells me.
I'm going to just call former colleague and have a, "look, for a small job, 25K max, really, you will do this?" sort of conversation.
Any thoughts? Other than keeping better contact with former clients of course......
IC
I left Company XZY on uncomfortable terms a couple years ago and just recently a former client called that firm to ask for my help on a project. A former colleague took the call and mentioned he thought I was out of engineering and asked if he could help. Former colleague knows I am still kicking, and in the same field. Former client found me on Linkedin and tells me.
I'm going to just call former colleague and have a, "look, for a small job, 25K max, really, you will do this?" sort of conversation.
Any thoughts? Other than keeping better contact with former clients of course......
IC





RE: Former Colleague Tells my Former Client a Mis-Truth?
The world is to big and all people lie, some a lot. The task to correct this at that level is just to big. Save your energy for lies that get people maimed or killed, like for politicians who lie to send troops to war for instance.
Regards
Pat
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RE: Former Colleague Tells my Former Client a Mis-Truth?
... if you feel you HAVE to address the situation, just send an email to the former colleague thanking him for his recommendation to the former client, take the high ground and leave it at that.
... if feel you have plenty of life left, and you want to be nasty, CC the email to his boss.
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David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
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Dik
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Beyond that I totally agree with zdas04.
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Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
Quillin Engineering, LLC
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IC
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