I moved up to Redmond Oregon in 2009 on my 30th birthday. With my intent to start up Raven PC in Central Oregon, Instead I was talked into starting it up with Redmond Computers as it was “established” apparently already.
I came up there on my own with a friend of mine who seen the same thing as I do start up a business and be successful at something I love to do. Michael on the other hand had a different agenda, ontop of his scatter brained tatics, he attempted to turn my friends against me due to he wanted a cash cow and he was successful in doing so by promising me the world if I move in temp to actually get my share of the profits made. When that happened it became a game to Michael, as my life became really restricted under his rules and more and more he worked me extremely hard and I never got a dollar to my shares, instead I was force fed as if I was some child.
If I ever recall partners listen to another about deals, not go get everything promise the world and fail to deliver. That Redmond Professionacy Academy was not a job I wanted to cover nor wanted as a client. They are way too big for a 2 man crew as they need to.
My practices in the way I run business is different from Michael’s way of running his business, as when he rolled with me he was the one being in full control as I was put on his “slave” trade of a back burner. I run things as if I was king arthur of the round table not hitler and this is the army. Business clients I like to keep small IE: lawyer offices, insurance agency, restaurants, and other industrial related areas. Michael on the other hand thinking we can do it all as I said before ever since I was “forced” to move into his place of living, it really became a hitler’s domain. I had a huge problem upon leaving back to Las Vegas.
After I moved into his place of living and the only way he talked me into doing that is that he was finally going to discuss how we are going to be paid, he made it sound that only way I will be able to get my share of the profits if I move out of the current place and into his. When I did that it went down hill from there. I was stuffed into a closet, and stuffed with computers all the time. I always went outside my call of duty with this for clients, I dealt everything possible on a professional level. I always dealt with customers with true honesty, michael on the other hand was not an honest person, more I worked with him more of his way to milk clients for money as possible with lies and a lot of deceit. Like what a true con-artist would act and perform, and overall he was not a computer guy at all. He was always a middle man and resell everything to everyone at a huge amount of money and to completely rip them off. There has been a few times we have butted heads and he claims to be a super genius at computers and networking as he put all his faults on me, as it was my fault things didn’t go the way that they did. In my face he would be nice and tell clients nice things, but when I am not there he will blame his actions on me. Attempted to make me look bad at the client while it was his fault and actions that would of tarnished his image. Granted now he is making me look like a dumb computer guy who doesn’t know anything.
In October of 2010, I wanted to call it quits then, he then begged and pleaded with me to stay. So I stayed, in hopes that I will get paid finally but did not happen. The tension became worse as it progressed as I also seen what would of happened. He finally got in my face when I was having issues with the air in that room / closet. I guess you can say he thought I was giving a *sigh* when I breathed and that was now causing a friction thinking that I am now “Lazy” or in some essence thinking I am here for a free ride kind of thing. I have no real clue of what he was thinking at this point. He started to yell at me and Stood up and yelled back in a professional matter trying to tell him, he’s nuts and that he has no idea what the hell he is talking about and how can he say stuff like that. Friction all lead back to the Redmond Professionacy Academy because that would of enabled him “free” money.
Just before I left in February of 2011, he stumbled over my girl friend’s (a friend who is a girl not relationship wise) website madraseventscenter.com and he thought I was trying to do business behind his back. but I had no clue about that mess because before I was confronted about that, he held me against my will by telling me if I leave he will call the police saying I stole things when I did not, but I cannot leave nor make a contact if I do I will be removed from the house. He then had my phone suspended with T-Mobile and disabled the internet by taking the cable modem away. When he returned, I disclosed that I was wrong and he was right with his damn argument, in which to this day it’s the other way around. As sometimes to win the war you have to give up the battle. That is when I found out about him stumbling over the madraseventcenter and he felt like he was being cheated on, that is when I said from this point I can’t do this anymore due to the fact the man is completely nuts and staying there is very toxic for my health, so fear for my life I packed my stuff up and went to my family’s home in Las Vegas.
When I left Redmond, he attempted to destroy my career by making up lies to the Redmond police department, and to clean up his name but only to make it worse by telling people that I was holding him back, that I don’t know what I am doing. Business is business, in business you don’t defame others, or talk “shit” technically I am putting my story on blast, but doesn’t mean I am talking shit about. To this day he is still talking shit to his clients about me. Claiming I have all these bad things, and how bad I am, and how unreliable I am. That is not true at all. Ask any of my friends even the ones in Oregon that will tell you differently.
In business, it’s crucial to be on time! to be true to your word! and to follow up!
Don’t get me wrong though, Michael McGee isn’t wholly bad guy, just doesn’t belong in the computer world as he is trying to be a place in.
And him talking shit to his clients or other people in general is just making himself look bad. Just like he loves to quote when you point a finger 3 point back at you, that is included with reputation, when you point the finger about your reputation as it was someone else s fault, remember that 3 fingers are point back at you. So not only you just made yourself look like an ASS, but you just ensured that your reputation to others just got worse 3x fold. Professionalism leaves personal at the door and being professional does NOT go around telling others how I am unreliable when even that is NOT true at all.
I will return to Redmond Oregon sooner or later, and when I do. I’ll show how I really roll, and I will not work or deal with Michael McGee, and proceed with caution if you the readers read this and live in Redmond Oregon. I will not tell you not to work with him or deal with him. But be warned that he is a very unprofessional person.
This is more nor less a rant about my story and how I am hearing that after a year he is still perusing to tarnish my reputation, This is held on my freedom of speech. As I am not giving any false statements here nor am I being unprofessional about what kind of person Michael McGee is, I just want to warn anyone professional or non-professional what I had to deal with, and to clear up my bad reputation if it was tarnished in anyway.
Thank you.
Any questions please feel free to email me at kallador@ravenpc.com.