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Poll: Are you having any trouble getting work/being paid from countries in armed conflict?
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Mar 11

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Are you having any trouble getting work/being paid from countries in armed conflict?".

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Claudio Machado Junior
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Yes, but from Europe Mar 11

UK still counts as Europe?

Juan David A Aquino Marquez
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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No Mar 11

None of my clients are currently in a country at war, but I was involved in a major telecommunications project that ended suddenly because of the ongoing conflicts in Guinea-Bissau (I was paid though).

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Juan David A Aquino Marquez
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I asked because I have received offers... Mar 11

... from Russian and nearby countries, recently, and I got suspicious.
So, the poll.

Claudio Machado Junior
 
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Nope but Mar 11

I had three oustanding invoices from Germany and they all used scammy excuses as to why they were being late. “We are still processing translations” (mind you, after 30+ days), “Your invoice got lost in the records”, and other wonderful online scams and frauds.

Claudio Machado Junior wrote:

UK still counts as Europe?


Is that a country in armed conflict?

[Edited at 2026-03-11 18:22 GMT]

Claudio Machado Junior
 
Michael Newton
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Work from countries in armed conflict Mar 11

I have had a number of offers from the Russian Federation but declined because of (1) the difficulty of getting paid; (2) my bank, the Bank of America, has a history of closing accounts (debanking) which receive money from questionable sources. Debanking occurs in other countries as well.
 
Davit Vardanashvili
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No Mar 12

When there's a will, there's a way.
 


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