The bumpy road of outsourcing for older programmers: experience and warnings

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In today's competitive workplace, older programmers face many challenges. Today, let us follow the experience of a site B up owner to discuss the story behind the remote outsourcing project, learn lessons from it, and avoid getting into trouble in the future.

1. Initial project participation: full of expectations but unexpected changes

Up owner Xu Feng was introduced to a short-term remote outsourcing project by a friend. At first, the other party wanted to outsource a large project as a whole and required four major projects including JD.com’s e-commerce, logistics, and warehousing to be completed within a month. Considering that the risks are not proportional to the returns, Xu Feng’s team chose not to participate for the time being. But everyone exchanges WeChat messages with company personnel to keep in touch.

Soon after, Xu Feng was invited to do remote support, with a trial period of two or three days and a daily salary of 600 yuan. He also roped in his friend Dayangyang to be in charge of the front end. At the beginning of the project, it looks very formal. You must join the enterprise WeChat account, enable git permissions, assign tasks, and prepare for the full-day Tencent meeting. However, that night, Xu Feng and Dayangyang were kicked out of the corporate WeChat group without warning, and all message records disappeared. The two of them were immediately at a loss.

Later, I learned through private WeChat inquiry that the boss felt that the cost was high and wanted to renegotiate the project quotation. Ultimately, the two sides failed to reach an agreement. Xu Feng asked about one day's salary, and the other party said that the settlement would not be until the end of the month, so he could only wait.

2. Try again: Agreement blessing still encounters setbacks

A few days later, the friend who introduced the project recommended another person in the company to Xu Feng out of guilt. After Xu Feng contacted him, he felt that this person was reliable and a new project was about to start. Xu Feng learned his lesson this time and asked to sign an agreement. The other party sent him a labor agreement, requiring him to work part-time from November 25 to December 31. If there were follow-up projects, he would sign a replacement. After both parties stamp and sign, the project begins.

From last Friday to this week, Xu Feng worked for four days (one day off on Sunday), but this morning, the project was once again told to be suspended, and the recovery time is unknown. Although Xu Feng was a little angry when he saw the news, he finally chose to understand. After all, his friend was also ordered by his superiors.

3. Experience summary: Four key points of guarantee

  1. Sign an agreement : A signed agreement is required when working remotely. This is a legal weapon to protect your own rights. Once problems arise, you can protect your own interests in accordance with the agreement.
  2. Preserve evidence : For communication tools such as corporate WeChat, DingTalk, Feishu, etc., use your mobile phone to record the screen or take screenshots from time to time to retain project-related information. Even if the collaboration is dissolved, git commit records can be used as evidence.
  3. Unite : Privately add fellow developers in the group who are in the same situation. If you encounter a problem, it will be easier to solve the problem if everyone unites. 4. Be rational : Understand the uncertainty of small outsourcing companies in the general environment, and don’t think too badly of the other party. But if your rights and interests are harmed, you must take decisive measures, such as going through legal procedures or exposing it through social media.

4. Firm attitude: speak out for veteran programmers

Xu Feng said that if the wages for the two projects are not received, legal proceedings will definitely be taken. If the time-consuming and laborious legal approach yields no results, we will expose it through videos, Weibo, etc. He emphasized that he would not only consider himself. If the students who worked on the project together did not get the money, even if they did, the matter would be exposed. He hopes to do something practical for veteran programmers who are unemployed or have been unemployed for a long time, and use his influence as the owner of Bilibili to say "no" to bad behavior.

Here, I also advise those who think they are smart and bully kind people not to look down on others, otherwise they will suffer the consequences at their own risk. I hope everyone can learn from Xu Feng’s experience and protect their own rights and interests in remote outsourcing work. Dear reader, have you had a similar experience? Welcome to share in the comment area, and please share this article with those in need around you so that more people can benefit.

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