Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

Yesterday I tweeted about how the JREF refused to pay out the entire grant promised to @WomenThinking. There was another similar incident.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 22:59:08

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377929331898466305

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 22:59:08

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

Because my expertise is in survey design, DJ asked me if they could hire me to create & administrate a survey of TAM attendees.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:00:55

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377929779413934080

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:00:55

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

Originally the project was going to be a minimum of 200hrs of work, but they said they could get volunteers for data entry.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:02:16

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377930116518531072

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:02:16

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

That brought the hours of work down to about 130 and I agreed to do it for $3000 + comp air/hotel/ticket for TAM.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:03:16

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377930370190032896

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:03:16

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

The agreement was that I would create the survey. They would get people to take it at TAM.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:04:14

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377930611450585088

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:04:14

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

They would keep the surveys & get volunteers to do data entry. I would create instruction materials. Then they would send me the data.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:04:41

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377930725103652864

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:04:41

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

Once I had the data, I would pull the results and provide them a nice report that had all the results and any interesting bits I found.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:06:13

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377931113827557376

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:06:13

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

Once the project was over and they had the report, they would pay me the agreed upon $3000 for my work. Here's what really happened...

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:07:02

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377931317045772288

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:07:02

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

I created the survey. They had people take it at TAM. I created instruction materials for their volunteers and they inputed all the data.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:07:51

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377931523443273728

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:07:51

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

I emailed them every couple weeks to find out if they had finished the data entry and ask for the data so I could finish my portion.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:08:27

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377931673255415808

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:08:27

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

Finally, DJ informed me that they changed their mind and would be completing it in-house.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:09:25

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377931916059484160

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:09:25

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

The JREF never paid me for the hours I did put in on the project, using the excuse that it wasn't finished to avoid having to pay me.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:11:04

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377932335032721408

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:11:04

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

They did give me comp'd travel/hotel/ticket to TAM that year, but reneged on paying me the actual money they owed me for my work.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:13:12

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377932871035408384

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:13:12

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

I was naive enough to not ever write up a contract. Our original agreement was in email. I trusted the JREF and I trusted DJ. Wrongly.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:14:13

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377933127722614784

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:14:13

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

I never fought back on it because I was worried that DJ would take it out any anger with me on our project with @WomenThinking

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:16:05

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377933596142497793

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:16:05

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

I basically gave up up to $3000 to avoid conflict and make sure the @WomenThinking project was followed through on.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:17:32

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377933959818006528

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:17:32

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

I was tricked by DJ into agreeing to do work for the JREF that he never intended to pay me for. It was a manipulative ploy that I fell for.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:21:59

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377935078921207808

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:21:59

Jamie Bernstein@UAJamie

Forgot to mention, they also continued using the survey I made for them that they never paid me for in the following years.

Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:28:11

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http://twitter.com/UAJamie/status/377936639500091392

— Jamie Bernstein (@UAJamie)Wed, Sep 11 2013 23:28:11