This is so true. I worked for a company that demanded NET90 payment terms from all vendors and frequently wouldn't even begin processing the invoice until 90 days, resulting in the contractor getting paid closer to 100-120 days. They'd also flat-out refuse to pay any sort of late fee or penalty.

These aren't stupid games. Musk-affiliated companies regularly just refuse to pay. They don't pay late -- they don't pay. Their response to requests for payment are eventually met with "fuck you, sue us" after being given the run-around for months.

Source: SpaceX stiffed my prior company for a middling amount of money for engineering services.

You’re just part of the plan to build a utopia on mars. Need to crack a few eggs to make an omelette according to the white man.

Master Donald has taught them well.

It is just as annoying for the employees purchasing from the vendor. Constantly needing to apologise for the invoices not being paid on time, constantly needing to ping accounts payable to check what the status is (otherwise it is just a black hole you forward the invoice to).