[TriLUG] [TriEmbed] In Need of Job Advice

[Hrivnak, Michael via TriLUG]

I agree strongly with giving them an invoice ASAP. That's a very normal
workflow for a contractor anyway. Be polite, be professional, and frame
your request as a helpful gesture. For example:

"I know how busy Bob has been lately, so I put together this invoice to
help the payment process get moving. It's important to me to get this taken
care of; whose sign-off do we need before payment can be made?"

Assuming good faith and that they really are just busy and negligent, right
now your contract might require enough work that they're continually
tempted to defer thinking about it. Maybe they haven't written it yet, or
they're worried about specific terms. Handing them an invoice simplifies
their immediate task and takes some burden off of them. Approving a payment
is much easier than forging an ongoing agreement, so you may be doing this
person a favor by producing an invoice.

An invoice also serves as documentation of your rate, so at least from here
out they could not claim surprise at the rate you're expecting.

Good luck,
Michael

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Keith Woodie via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I agree completely with this thread.   Someone that hasn't paid you since
> August is not obeying the law.   Get your documentation together.   I
> wouldn't say much until you have everything you have gotten/exchanged with
> them in writing.   I would also start looking for a new job.   If they
> aren't paying you, then i wouldn't feel so bad about taking a long lunch
> for a interview or two.
>
> Good luck.   There are plenty of jobs in the triangle that WILL pay you
> regularly.
>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 1:06 AM Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 21 Oct 2016 19:16:49 -0400
> > Nathan Yinger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > > The contract is 1099, but hasn't been signed yet. Like I said, it just
> > > never seems to be a good time for them.
> >
> > Then you shouldn't be working for them. Spend your time finding a job,
> > or a contract that you submit an invoice each week, and get paid for it
> > a week after.
> >
> > Do you have a record of the hours you've worked for them? That might be
> > necessary if you have to take this to the labor authorities.
> >
> >
> > SteveT
> >
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