Timeline for Contractor - Acceptable Payment Terms?
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| Mar 11, 2011 at 1:22 | comment | added | Machado | +1. A contractor always must be a great salesman and marketing-executive of himself. Great answer, specially for burning bridges and this phrase "Contracting in this manner is a very political game, and in politics perception is everything.". | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 17:29 | comment | added | Joel Etherton | @Mercfh - I think it's clear from context that @jmort253 is referring to a standard 9-5, w-4 job. | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 17:15 | comment | added | user6791 | @jmort253, "If you want a regular paycheck, get a job" Since when is being a contractor not a job..... | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 14:59 | comment | added | Joel Etherton | @David Thornley - I ran into this a LOT when I opened my own business, and I was lucky to have been prepared for the eventuality. It still ended up catching up with me though. After 9/11, my biggest clients (telecom card distributors) no longer had service for their product, and when I finally closed my doors I had over $10k in unpaid invoices awaiting collection. | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 14:56 | comment | added | David Thornley | +1 for the last paragraph in particular. If you contract out your services, you will be another expense that your client will want to postpone, you will be paid late on occasion, and you will wind up just not having been paid sometimes. It's not fair, but it will happen. | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 14:56 | comment | added | Joel Etherton | @Jas - and as a more direct note: No, he's not unprofessional for not wanting to accept the attitude. He's unprofessional in his display of that want. Walking out is not acceptable behavior. Informing the client of the problem and potentially indicating that it would not be within the bounds of the contract to continue working until has been corrected would be a much more professional approach without accepting unprofessional behavior on the part of a client. | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 14:54 | comment | added | David Thornley | @Jas: Professionalism is partly about being able to deal with others in a professional manner. | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 14:54 | comment | added | Joel Etherton | @Jas - As a contractor, my level of professionalism is not dictated by any outside resource. It is dictated by my own personal standards and how I wish to be perceived. I have had many clients whose attitudes were unprofessional, some even outright hostile, but I never let it remove my professionalism from me. | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 14:51 | comment | added | jmort253 | No he's unprofessional because he overreacted and burned a bridge. Like @Joel said, if you're a contractor, expect 60 day swings in pay. If you want a regular paycheck, get a job. | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 14:27 | comment | added | Jas | So, he's unprofessional for not wanting to accept unprofessional attitude by his clients? | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 12:46 | vote | accept | Martin Blore | ||
| Mar 10, 2011 at 12:44 | history | answered | Joel Etherton | CC BY-SA 2.5 |