Originally Posted by jscott

I hired a programmer over 2 months ago, and paid him half to do a job for me, i said there is no rush on it, and he said it'd take about a month in that case

i waited waited waited, finally got contacted saying some shit went wrong and he lost all the work he's done, i said ok that sucks, when will it be done now? he said 2-3 more weeks, and that was over a month ago

is this bad business or what? i think its bad. i mean, do i have to go nagging him for the work i paid for? shouldnt he hit me up telling me he's late again?

i'm getting pissed, about to ask for refund and go with someone else