Pixaware Technologies ripoff of contractor and employees bonuses and bounced payroll checks Murphy Texas

First and foremost, I remain anonymous for several reasons. All information that I state is true, however, I wouldn't mind knowing that Pixaware Employers are sweating right now trying to figure which of their many Employees may have aired their dirty laundry. In addition, I'm so through with this company that I don't want the livid attitude I've received in this past from Mr Lateef himself nor do I want to file any attorney disputes with this company. This is just a testimony for those who are considering this company.

I agree with everything that both PJ and Chad say about Mr Lateef. I used to work for this company performing the same tasks as the other two individuals and I can say this company has been one of the most unorganized companies you can work for. Nothing was in order, nothing was promised in writing, nothing was fulfilled from the Employers side. It was almost like working for a Mafia, everything seemed so discreet and so private. Everything seemed like it was "under the table"

Many people found this company to be very skeptical and very unique. I've worked as a contractor for other companies, but never one so unorganized. Granted we were working long weekly shifts but that wasn't thanks to Mr Lateef and Pixaware themselves, that was contracted by Lucent who needed the work done. Remember, we may work UNDER Pixaware, but we worked FOR Lucent.

In addition, Direct Deposit was a mess and HR (if that's even what you want to call the department) would never contact you when something went wrong. You would have to contact them after discovering the issue. For example, if you were expected to receive direct deposit weekly and for whatever reason the deposit was unsuccessful on the Employers end, they did not have the courtesy to contact the Employee and notify them about the issue. The Employee would expect their deposit to go through, and after revealing otherwise, they would have hunt down the Employer. Afroz Lateef would give them the run around as to who to call, and who to contact on the bank's side to resort the issue.

I could never understand why Mr Lateef or his "HR" department couldn't make the calls for you to confirm that the deposit was submitted from the beginning, or even why the "HR" department wouldn't contact the Employee ahead of time to notify them of the issue. The Employee had to play every role for this company to resolve any issue in this company.

When it came to tax time, they never submitted the forms in within a timely fashion, nor did they submit the correct numbers. One year, I was mistaken to make 10's of thousands of dollars over what I made, and had to wait an additional month and half to receive my correct information.

Being this issue, I had several problems filling for taxes that year and had to request for several extensions. IRS ended up auditing my case which caused nothing but grief on my end. Did Pixaware care that this issue happened? Of course not!! To them, the information was "correct" and it was "my fault" that I postponed my submission. I ended up having to resolve this huge issue with the IRS which I still got fined for and ended up loosing even more money trying to resolve.

These are just a few of the many issues I've experienced working for this company. When I decided to leave this company about a year ago for a better opportunity, Mr Lateef was livid. He would call me continuously asking me where I was going and why I was leaving. Granted it felt good to know that my work was worth something to him, and maybe even that he somewhat partially valued me as an Employee, however with all due respect, it was not his concern. My tasks in this situation was simply to notify him of my dismissal. I've been happier ever since and for those that still work for this company, I commend you. The several years that I stayed were more than enough for me.

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Last but not least, to answer his two questions:

1) PJ writes: 'But yet, he's paid another one of the contractors the full amount, over $1400.00!! '.
Then why did we not ripoff this other contractor? It was because we wnet with what we promised each one of them individually.

I can say that this company favors their contractors, which I'm sure many companies do, however, a promise is a promise. The contractor that did not get ripped off during that moment, may have gotten ripped off eventually. The $1,400 could have just been Afroz way to keep him around for as long as they could.

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2) There still is one employee working on the same project since 2005 for the same client, on the same project. Since 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and ongoing.....
Why are there no complaints from him or from over few hundred contractors that have worked so far with Pixaware Technologies?

Simple answer.... They probably don't know about this site =)
I'm sure with the right advertisement, they may take the time to put their two cents in too.

Sorry Afroz, I hope by now this company found an "HR" department.

Mr PJ has provided incorrect information over here.
Around end of November 2005 or December 2006, Mr PJ asked for a raise of $2.00 from me.
I told him that I will give the money to him as a bonus after the end of the project (as an incentive for him to work till the end of the project). He agreed.
The understanding as far as I believe is that the bonus will be paid from the time it was promised (December 2005) till the end of the project.
The number of resources were reduced by the client, Lucent Technologies, as per the need and agreement.
I had agreement with another contractor, when he was hired, to pay him the bonus at the end of the project (i.e. from day one till the end of the project), but the agreement to PJ was different.
The payment to PJ was made on a Tuesday and he received the money on friday (as per the Band of America direct deposit processing time and conditions. Pl. check with the Bank). I do agree that the payment was delayed for a few weeks, as we had to calculate the bonus due to him and there was the dispute of how much money was owed to him.
There never were any checks written to him that were bounced. I suggest that he provide PROOF of the checks bouncing. And we paid the bonus as promised. PJ wants to rip us off by demanding more Bonus than what was promised. if my company or I were to ripoff the contractors or employees, then here is my two points:
1) PJ writes: "But yet, he's paid another one of the contractors the full amount, over $1400.00!! ".
Then why did we not ripoff this other contractor? It was because we wnet with what we promised each one of them individually.
2) There still is one employee working on the same project since 2005 for the same client, on the same project. Since 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and ongoing.....
Why are there no complaints from him or from over few hundred contractors that have worked so far with Pixaware Technologies?