Reply to: Possible dealbreakers in upcoming contract?

[GillsMan]

Hahaha, result! Well done. And this is for you:

[Gym beast]

Hee hee !!


They caved in for the most part, they've paid for flight/rail to my hotel, and agreed to fortnightly invoicing and 7 days payment for month 1, and monthly invoicing plus 7 days payment thereafter. Got a nice hotel booked for the whole week for under £500 notes.


I've agreed to their terms, flying tomorrow.


Now lets see what a mess the project is in.


Anyone know any good bars in Konstanz??

[kal]

All sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Good luck!

[Gym beast]

Tell them 'its you not them' and you hope that you both can stay friends!

LOL, had a few times I've both used that line to dump and had it used to dump me!!


Seriously though, I've had to up the Ante an as an extra condition (I'm not wavering on getting weekly paid) I've demanded the cost of flights+ week 1 accommodation OR value of £500 cleared before I fly.


I told Bob to stop crying, pass my Skype messages up, go home and have a Cobra while his line manager mulls it over.


They're thinking about it.

[kal]

Tell them 'its you not them' and you hope that you both can stay friends!

[Gym beast]

Wise move, they don't sound the most clued up, prepare for tears when you tell them its all off though

Fck me you weren't wrong mate, just got them crying on Skype about how they're up against a wall, the client is creating a Security ID (like that wouldn't happen otherwise), they're (and the client) are not going home until the matter is settled...

[kal]

No, 30-60, it's THEY who have stipulated that invoices only be submitted end-of-month. Starting Monday (last day of June) I could invoice for a day but that's still not enough in the pot to cover hotel for a month. So when you factor what I'll be shelling out in hotel costs (£60/night), that's exposing myself to £3600 risk if it all goes mammaries skywards. Given how disorganised they've been in the recruitment process alone, I can't say I have more than zero confidence in their payments.


Anyway I'm just about to turn down the job.

Wise move, they don't sound the most clued up, prepare for tears when you tell them its all off though

[Gym beast]

You mean 30 days payment terms?

No, 30-60, it's THEY who have stipulated that invoices only be submitted end-of-month. Starting Monday (last day of June) I could invoice for a day but that's still not enough in the pot to cover hotel for a month. So when you factor what I'll be shelling out in hotel costs (£60/night), that's exposing myself to £3600 risk if it all goes mammaries skywards. Given how disorganised they've been in the recruitment process alone, I can't say I have more than zero confidence in their payments.


Anyway I'm just about to turn down the job.

[northernladuk]

Don't think it will be now, they're terms are to invoice at end of calendar month, they pay a month later - effectively that's 60 days credit. Just not worth the exposure.

You mean 30 days payment terms?

[kal]

Don't think it will be now, they're terms are to invoice at end of calendar month, they pay a month later - effectively that's 60 days credit. Just not worth the exposure.

60 days is ridiculous. So long as my timesheet is signed by by 5pm Monday I get paid on the Friday!

[Gym beast]

I still wouldn't travel until the contract was signed by both parties.

Don't think it will be now, they're terms are to invoice at end of calendar month, they pay a month later - effectively that's 60 days credit. Just not worth the exposure.

[Batcher]

Guess what? They've only JUST gotten the Work Order, starts from Monday. They just NOW asked for a Cert of Incorporation , after requesting and getting Bank/Passport details on Wednesday....


Talk about disorganised!!

I still wouldn't travel until the contract was signed by both parties.

[Gym beast]

Sue them for what? There's no contract signed.

Guess what? They've only JUST gotten the Work Order, starts from Monday. They just NOW asked for a Cert of Incorporation , after requesting and getting Bank/Passport details on Wednesday....


Talk about disorganised!!

[Batcher]

Shyte I forgot to add that they ARE a LTD company (checked Companies House) registered here, so I do have someone to sue if needed.
Still think I should tell them to do one?

Sue them for what? There's no contract signed.

[Gym beast]

They not asking you to cross-border commute into Switzerland are they? i.e. sounds like Basel

You cannot work there without being registered and paying Swiss tax

Nahh just across the border in Konstanz.


Anyway the warchest looks pretty comfy, now though I really don't need a gig this side of Christmas, I'd far rather get back to the grind in Spetember but Sod's law, you get the big money when you least expect AND want it!!