Re:Never Be a Customer's Doormat
by chalst on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @02:51PM
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Indeed.
> if you're working with a company with a formal payments process and you don't follow that process to the 't', you're going to get paid late no matter what you tell them.
There is a class of clients for whom I allow 6 months to be paid, namely where the money comes from an academic funding agency's grant that is administered by a university. Just have a day each month where you make sure that there is progress being made on your slow invoices, and don't be afraid to use the 'phone.
> if you're working with a company with a formal payments process and you don't follow that process to the 't', you're going to get paid late no matter what you tell them.
There is a class of clients for whom I allow 6 months to be paid, namely where the money comes from an academic funding agency's grant that is administered by a university. Just have a day each month where you make sure that there is progress being made on your slow invoices, and don't be afraid to use the 'phone.