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If I accept a project I follow all instructions received in the email or the PO (it would be unprofessional of me not to) and when I have no specific instructions I ask…
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Jack Doughty United Kingdom Local time: 09:22 Russian to English + ...
In memoriam
I don#t know
Jul 1, 2018
Two customers who had previously been regular suddenly stopped sending me work and would not reply to emails. So I don't know whether they thought I had not been following their instructions, I had been following them as far as I know. But that's only two over more than fifty years.
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neilmac Spain Local time: 10:22 Spanish to English + ...
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Jul 1, 2018
If I accept a job, I usually accept the instructions that come along with it.
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I advocate for transparency in my work. I operate under the assumption that if my clients had a webcam to watch me doing their assignment, and if they could pick my brain to follow through my decision-making processes, they'd be proud of their choice.
If the client's proposed m.o. can - IMHO - be improved, I'll tell them my ideas right away. If they don't like these, I'll do it exactly as they asked. If next time they don't call me because they want someone who would blindly do it t... See more
I advocate for transparency in my work. I operate under the assumption that if my clients had a webcam to watch me doing their assignment, and if they could pick my brain to follow through my decision-making processes, they'd be proud of their choice.
If the client's proposed m.o. can - IMHO - be improved, I'll tell them my ideas right away. If they don't like these, I'll do it exactly as they asked. If next time they don't call me because they want someone who would blindly do it their way without thinking outside their box, I'll never know. ▲ Collapse
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Yetta Jensen Bogarde Denmark Local time: 10:22 Member (2012) English to Danish + ...
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Jul 1, 2018
The client would just send it back to me, asking me to re-do it according to their instructions.
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Muriel Vasconcellos United States Local time: 02:22 Member (2003) Spanish to English + ...
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Jul 2, 2018
I think it's very important to understand the instructions up front.
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Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 06:22 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ...
Lost is not the word
Jul 3, 2018
I've refused projects for not agreeing with client instructions, yes. But not "lost" one for that reason. If you accept the project, that means you have agreed with the instructions, unless instructions are given after the project is started, which is quite undue.
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