Oleksandr Petrik

Disadvantages: I completed the work according to the technical specifications, the client started adding corrections outside of the specifications and refused to pay for the work actually done. Additionally, the corrections concerned not only the current task but also the past one (which was already closed on the platform). He refused to pay for the additional work.

At the beginning, Alexander and I agreed on the execution of the work, discussed all the details, the price, and everything seemed good. When I developed projects according to his needs (for printing and cutting), he began to ask for small favors. At first, I perceived this as technical difficulties. However, after a few weeks, Alexander started demanding changes to the design part itself or emphasizing that "this and that" needed to be changed (by the way, this concerned not only the active but also the completed project). After these new requirements, I asked the client to pay for the part I completed according to the specifications and suggested discussing the details of the new requirements. To which the client responded with a refusal, saying he would not pay until the work was done. The boundaries and limits of the specifications at that time were already quite blurred. Although the time for "reworking" was not very large (from 3 to 10 minutes). However, the number of "reworks" had already exceeded 20-30, and besides working on the main task, I also had to "finish" them for free for 4-5 hours. I had already completed all the work according to the specifications, but I needed to "rework" non-specification work for 20-30 hours. In the end, I burned out as a performer.

Advantages: The client was in touch, and I could communicate with him at any time. Unfortunately, this alone did not lead to realization.