Barrister Global Service Network, which claims to be “the oldest and largest woman-owned computer service company in the United States”, is a national contractor based in Louisiana. The company was founded 1972 and advertises a network of 15,000 techs on the roster who are independent contractors.
Barrister is well known among service professionals in the industry. The Force Field Blog includes several posts regarding Barrister. The Force Field Forums features a board specifically for techs who currently or have previously performed work for Barrister.
Contact:
Barrister Global Services Network, Inc
905 Sams Avenue
Harahan, LA 70123-3225
Hammond Client Command Center
Barrister Global Services Network, Inc.
42548 Happywoods Rd
Hammond, LA 70403
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1979
Hammond, LA 70404-1979
Phone:
Administration: 985-365-0400
Customer Care: 985-365-0800
Fax:
Administration Fax: 985-365-0802
Accounting Fax: 985-365-0418
Important! Please check the ratings and comments below and refer to the discussions in The Force Field Forums before accepting contract work from this company. The following blog posts also discuss this company:
Barrister to bill service providers $100 for tardiness – techs are ticked
Barrister to techs: if you want to get paid sooner, you will pay
RE: Barrister
Worst of the worst.
Barrister is well known by both Techs and EU as the worst company in the contract labour industry.
Run away. Fast. Dont look back.
$35 flat rate fee for most everything. they want the world from you, and don’t want to give you much in return.
Had to use Lawyer to get Paid
It has been several years now. Back after Hurricane Katrina in fact, Barristers owed me over $600 and after many months of lies from them, I had my lawyer contact them. Got paid within a week. Never again with that company.
Bad news
Please read and understand the contents of their new contract. It give them the ability to back charge you for any reason and the amounts are huge
Barrister tech sign-up page warning
Before signing up as a technician on Barrister, please note: if you click on the link “Become a Technician” on their web site, Firefox flags the connection as an untrusted site and claims they are using an invalid security certificate. Enter at your own risk.
Run for your life
Barrister has got to be the worst of the worst. Dealing with them is horrible, they don’t pay must and when it’s time to pay they take to long, customer service suck, tech support sucks and everything about them sucks. They Suck! 🙁
Plague
Avoid this company like the plague. Frequent slow-no pays