Self Employment Challenges: Getting Paid

Posted by MMarquit under Finance
From http://personaldividends.com 4849 days ago
Made Hot by: sannwood on August 19, 2011 8:27 pm

One of the biggest worries as someone who is self employed has to do with getting paid. When you are self-employed, you are essentially providing a service or a product up front, with no real surety that you will receive what you are entitled to.

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Written by businessavante
4850 days ago

Hi Miranda.

We had some local major building contractors who were known not to pay their sub-contractors for work when it was done (going against the legally binding contract). They were really "cute" - they held the reigns on all the big projects, and would pay for the last job only if you did a second job - always behind one lump-sum payment. Everyone knew, and everyone hated them. Lots of smart tradesmen went into home improvement to skirt the issue, and did very well.

Duncan

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