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How Is This Company in Business?

In order to make ends meet I've working as an independent contractor doing some for-hire IT work. Most of it is simple stuff: replace this POS (point-of-sale) unit at this company, update X  software on that computer, replace toner ink for that printer, etc. The work was all freelance, on a case-by-case basis, and the company I was working through made it very very clear we independent contractors and not  company employees. Recently I had a problem with this company, which I blogged about HERE . After that affair my opinion on the company's operations went from a solid 5 out of 10 to a mere 2 at best. Out of respect for the company and not to name names, I kept that company's name to myself on the last blog post, but now I'm seriously considering naming them. Why? Why not? At the culmination of events which I didn't include on the previous blog post, I received an email from their Vice President, or at least his signature line claimed he was a vice presiden...