Are you an experienced IT Consultant?  Have you been affected by the recent events at Ensemble Chimes Global?

Meridian can help.  Find out why we have been a Preferred Vendor and a Preferred Employer for so many consultants over the last 17 years.

There are several things to consider when deciding which firm should represent you:

1. FINANCIAL STABILITY

Meridian is privately owned and debt-free.  We have built our business the “right” way by partnering with both our consultants and clients to bring value to both parties.  We provide a stable platform to allow our consultants to do their jobs at our client sites.

2. BENEFITS

Meridian has worked hard to earn the right to be the “preferred employer” for our consultants.  We offer our salaried employees a comprehensive suite of benefits, at minimal cost to our consultants, including:

·         Medical and Dental Insurance

·         Paid Time Off

·         Short and Long-term disability insurance

·         Life Insurance

·         401k Program with Corporate Matching

3. EXPERIENCE

Meridian has a diverse portfolio of clients.  We have built this portfolio with the help of strong consultants like you.  We support our consultants at the client site with our team of 5 Account Managers and over 10 recruiters.  These individuals are the reason that Meridian is Different.  We work with our consultants to ensure that they are equipped to perform in their current assignment and to identify your future assignments.

CONTACT US

If you’d like to learn more about Meridian, please call us at 800-755-1038 and ask to speak to one of our recruiters or feel free to contact us by email at recruiter@meridiangroup.com .  We look forward to the opportunity to work together.

Respectfully,

Rick Creson, President

I am looking for examples. I am looking for someone to tell me how my company would ever or could ever incur a claim against its Errors & Omissions policy. Over the last five to eight years, I have seen new and existing Clients increase the amount of Errors & Omissions insurance coverage we need to carry. Eight or so years ago, we saw our first E&O requirement at $1 Million. Now, we are seeing requirements for $5 Million of coverage. Is this trend an easy way for our Clients to treat all of its suppliers equally or is it just a case of Purchasing, Legal or Human Resources attempting to set up artificial protective barriers for their companies without really understanding what E&O Insurance is or what it protects?

For a Client to collect on Errors & Omissions, the supplier would need to make an error that significantly damaged the company for which the supplier was providing products or services. I could understand that an Architect designing a new building would need to be covered by E&O. I would also understand an engineer designing a new school bus would need to carry E&O insurance. In the business I am associated with, Information Technology (IT), I could understand that a supplier designing, building or implementing an ERP system for a Client would also need to be covered by E&O. In fact, if any supplier had defined IT deliverables that it would need to provide a Client, the supplier should be expected to carry E&O. So, here is my dilemma with Meridian carrying substantial amounts of E&O insurance: 

• Meridian provides its Clients with technical people who can assist them with their internal IT projects.
• We never undertake projects with deliverables. Many companies like us do take ownership of projects. We do not. We only take on assignments which are time-and-materials.
• We bill our Client for only hours worked by our consultants, not deliverables.
• We never direct the day-to-day technical assignments of our consultants.
• We never provide onsite supervision to our consultants.
• Our Clients are fully responsible for directing our consultants relative to their tasks.
• Our Clients set deliverables for our consultants individually.
• Our Clients direct and supervise our consultants on a daily basis.

 It is our contention that if Meridian does not direct nor supervise its consultants and if Meridian as a company is not responsible for any project deliverables, then it cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions made by the consultants it supplies. And yet, we are subject to pay tens of thousands of dollars per year on insurance that we contend, a court of law would not enforce the payment thereof.