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Have you ever recommended someone? I have!
It's not just in my line of work. Whenever you introduce people for work reasons, the outcome statistic may not come out as bright as you'd expect.
The reason i recommend people is, they work in a field my co-worker(s) need for they projects. I recommend them without any interest other than for the whole thing to work out fine. I recommend people because it is (or was) in my strong belief that both parties can benefit (and on top of it all, i'm helping a friend by advertising him/her). I know that it isn't possible for everyone to be good at their job, or honest, but i do/did expect it from the people i knew and vouched for, since i always try to do my best, why wouldn't they?
So, whenever i tried recommending someone to a coworker, i had the following results:
- 1 guy i recommended tried to introduce his photographer friend to my coworker so i would get replaced. My coworker told me. The guy i recommended didn't get the job, neither did his friend. On the other hand, i had one less friend on my already short list.
- 1 person i recommended tried to bring to the collaboration another photographer friend to replace me. It was a legally complicated situation with dangerous potential but i got out of it.
- 1 person i recommended for printing made such a fucking mess when he wrote the wrong data on the invoice (although he had the correct data on an email, which he later admitted) that my coworker got scared of the whole scandal.
- 1 person i recommended for translations. I had been lobbying for that person for a few months, whenever the opportunity presented itself, and finally, my coworker had agreed to see a sample of their work. The translation was sloppy and the student i recommended for the job admitted she was working on something else at the same time. Kind of not the same enthusiasm she led me to believe she had when i told her about the job over the phone and asked if she wanted to send my collaborator a test page. Just to clarify things, my coworker didn't want to work with a student but i convinced him to let her try.
- 1 person i recommended for accounting. Needless to say, that collaboration ended politely, but with the feeling that things were tense and not as they should have been.
- 1 person for animation - After what seemed as a good start, the guy was complacent and kept not showing up at work. Coworker finally got fed up. Although he didn't say it out loud, i feel as if somehow he does blame me.
REMEMBER: these were all paid collaborations, i'm not talking bout voluntary work here! It's about people getting paid to do what they are qualified in!
Conclusion: Yes, i am to blame for all the mess i always found myself into. I am not a savior, for anybody. People need to fend off for themselves at the best of their abilities. If their best is not good enough, i won't be there to pick up the pieces.
I am writing this journal just so i can be reminded of the reasons why i should never recommend people. Hopefully i will be able to keep the list above to its current state until i die.
It's not just in my line of work. Whenever you introduce people for work reasons, the outcome statistic may not come out as bright as you'd expect.
The reason i recommend people is, they work in a field my co-worker(s) need for they projects. I recommend them without any interest other than for the whole thing to work out fine. I recommend people because it is (or was) in my strong belief that both parties can benefit (and on top of it all, i'm helping a friend by advertising him/her). I know that it isn't possible for everyone to be good at their job, or honest, but i do/did expect it from the people i knew and vouched for, since i always try to do my best, why wouldn't they?
So, whenever i tried recommending someone to a coworker, i had the following results:
- 1 guy i recommended tried to introduce his photographer friend to my coworker so i would get replaced. My coworker told me. The guy i recommended didn't get the job, neither did his friend. On the other hand, i had one less friend on my already short list.
- 1 person i recommended tried to bring to the collaboration another photographer friend to replace me. It was a legally complicated situation with dangerous potential but i got out of it.
- 1 person i recommended for printing made such a fucking mess when he wrote the wrong data on the invoice (although he had the correct data on an email, which he later admitted) that my coworker got scared of the whole scandal.
- 1 person i recommended for translations. I had been lobbying for that person for a few months, whenever the opportunity presented itself, and finally, my coworker had agreed to see a sample of their work. The translation was sloppy and the student i recommended for the job admitted she was working on something else at the same time. Kind of not the same enthusiasm she led me to believe she had when i told her about the job over the phone and asked if she wanted to send my collaborator a test page. Just to clarify things, my coworker didn't want to work with a student but i convinced him to let her try.
- 1 person i recommended for accounting. Needless to say, that collaboration ended politely, but with the feeling that things were tense and not as they should have been.
- 1 person for animation - After what seemed as a good start, the guy was complacent and kept not showing up at work. Coworker finally got fed up. Although he didn't say it out loud, i feel as if somehow he does blame me.
REMEMBER: these were all paid collaborations, i'm not talking bout voluntary work here! It's about people getting paid to do what they are qualified in!
Conclusion: Yes, i am to blame for all the mess i always found myself into. I am not a savior, for anybody. People need to fend off for themselves at the best of their abilities. If their best is not good enough, i won't be there to pick up the pieces.
I am writing this journal just so i can be reminded of the reasons why i should never recommend people. Hopefully i will be able to keep the list above to its current state until i die.
An underwater day
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Life and things that fill it
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As one great thinker once said: "To err is human. To arr is pirate". I'm not sure about you, but I tend to be a human pirate 
. Berating yourself or committing to never again do something that you currently regret rarely does you any good.
Perhaps you should be a bit more... selective when it comes to your recommendations, in a "hope for the best, but prepare for the worst" way. Don't vouch for people, just give them a chance or convince others to give them a chance if you feel they are worth getting one... it really isn't up to you if they waste that opportunity or not, as long as you don't promote them as the "next best thing that is waiting to come your way".
I think these mishaps will help you become a better judge of character. I'm not saying you should stop recommending people or keep recommending people as you have done so far, just consider what another great thinker once said (the world seems to be full of them): "Nici maestrul olar nu poate face minuni cand lutul e prost". Don't put your hopes in unproven clay.
. Berating yourself or committing to never again do something that you currently regret rarely does you any good.Perhaps you should be a bit more... selective when it comes to your recommendations, in a "hope for the best, but prepare for the worst" way. Don't vouch for people, just give them a chance or convince others to give them a chance if you feel they are worth getting one... it really isn't up to you if they waste that opportunity or not, as long as you don't promote them as the "next best thing that is waiting to come your way".
I think these mishaps will help you become a better judge of character. I'm not saying you should stop recommending people or keep recommending people as you have done so far, just consider what another great thinker once said (the world seems to be full of them): "Nici maestrul olar nu poate face minuni cand lutul e prost". Don't put your hopes in unproven clay.