That Salesforce consultant in Chicago charged me $250/hr and couldn't even run a basic report.

Met this guy at a networking event back in March. He was talking up his CRM optimization skills, sounded legit. Hired him for a 10 hour block to fix our lead tracking. First thing I asked was to pull a report of Q1 leads by source. Dude stared at the screen for 20 minutes, then said "the system doesn't do that." I showed him the button in 30 seconds. Charged me for the full hour. Has anyone else run into "experts" who can't even do entry level stuff?

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nathankim7h ago

Play the other side here for a second. You hired someone at $250 an hour who you met at a networking event, not a vetting process, so maybe you got what you paid for speed-wise. A guy who can talk big at a mixer might not have the hands-on skills, but that's more on you for skipping the real interview and just trusting a handshake. Cut the hourly rate and do a quick test project next time to filter the YouTubers from the actual workers.

linda_reed9h ago

Isn't it wild how many "experts" are just folks who watched a few YouTube videos and called it a day... feels like that's happening everywhere now, from car mechanics to plumbers.