As you all know, I’m a freelancer. That means I never know when my next paycheck is going to arrive in my mailbox. But whatever, generally it works out. Usually, it takes a little bit of time from when I do the piece to when I get paid for it. I recognize that I’m not the only one that these places need to pay, but really, how hard is it to get your freelancers a check, on time?
Let’s take a recent true-life example:
Say you’re Big New York Media Co. — name changed to protect the incompentent — and I do a piece for you. I do all the work, send in the piece on time, and file the invoice on September 6, 2007. I don’t receive the $150 check until October 24, 2007.
The same week I receive this first check, I get a second check for $300 from another national media company in Washington, D.C. for a different piece that I did merely days before. That’s days in the single digits — not nearly two months later.
So, Big New York Media Co., seriously, what’s the problem?
