I shall imagine there is no greater bane to the freelance life than a consistently late-paying client. Oy vey. Look, I understand, things come up on occasion. When you're working with smaller businesses, it's almost to be expected.
OCCASIONALLY.
But every month, paying 15-30 days late on an invoice that's net 30 is unacceptable. At that point, you're fucking with my bills and I do not appreciate that. Why do people not just come out and say they don't have the money yet? I would be fine with accepting payment in installments.
But please do not tell me that a cold or a vacation or another vacation or a long holiday prevented you from hitting the "Pay Contractor" button, because that is bull hockey! (True story by the way!)
Can you imagine how quickly a freelancer would be fired if they told a client, "Yeah, so I was on vacation last week in the Bahamas. I'll have the assignment to you next week!" No....just no. They would get sooo fired.
To quote Henry Hill, a Goodfella:
"The place burned down? Fuck you pay me. Lightning struck? Fuck you, pay me. Slow business? Fuck you, pay me."
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