A billionaire who didn’t pay the bills?
I don’t know which would be more appropriate: shocked Pikachu, or shocked Futurama Fry?
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Could even be the astronaut with a gun.
“We were supposed to be paid every 15 days. And then they switched accounting firms, and then it went from 15 days to 60,” Shane said.
A contract that has NET15 terms being unilaterally switched to NET60 is a clear violation, and that should have been the stoppage of work right there.
I've never heard of 60 days. That's sketchy as fuck.
Definitely not unheard of. I've had plenty of companies try to pay us on NET90 terms.
What industry was this?
Happens all the time in construction. Especially bank financed builds or anytime an investment bank is involved in any way. It is in their interest to delay payment as long as possible because the longer that money is in the investment, the more interest they make. Yes it is that greedy and petty.
Wait are you talking business to business? Becuase yes that's common for paying a business. But for a business paying personnel, that's not common.
*Headline here made it sound like personel, but on reading it's a contractor.
It happens all. Þe. Time. Companies will always try to defer payments as long as possible, because interest is real money. Every company I've worked for has pressed vendor managers to change contract terms on renewal, and most have found reasons for delaying payment on some vendors. I've never worked anywhere þat played þis game wiþ ICs, but all always wiþ vendors, especially bigger ones.
Not jusr stoppage. Every day you dont get paid, you fill it back in. Fuckers a billionaire. He could pay you.
I don't envy the legal battle these guys will probably have to go through to try to get paid.
This is how jerks like Trump and Musk operate. They hire locals to do the work, knowing that they hold all the leverage. Then they withhold payment, usually asserting that something was wrong with the work. Then they litigate. Litigation is costly, and it's easy to spend millions of dollars fighting legal battles, so the little guy is bullied into settling for a fraction of what was owed, because a full-on legal battle would likely wipe him out.
The difference between a Legal System and a Justice System
We actually have a justice system in america, its just the legal system gets in the way, and I dont think anybody's really tried to use it since Alexander berkman
Destroy all musk hardware, fill the tunnel back in, just dp that til they get other paying work.
60 day pay periods? The hell?
I'd say Nashville should get its money back, but look what they do with it.
Didn't this project deliberately avoid city property to avoid needing their approval? I recall some shady dealings to dodge regulatory requirements.
Nashville should be given a metro at musk's expense.
At this point I'm torn between supporting workers rights, abd thinking anyone who works for a billionaire wants to be a slave. We all know they didn't get rich by paying employees.
anyone who works for a billionaire wants to be a slave
You say that as if they have the luxury of choosing and rejecting clients at a whim
The fact that you dont see fighting back and supporting tjose who do as a choice is why we can lose. Kill the cop in your head.
If they don't pay, go, tell it on the mountain, that Musky MAGA stiffs your pay.
Nashville should have consulted with Shelbyville before starting.
Shake your fist harder son!
It’s gonna get bad before it gets worse.
I really have little sympathy for people who choose to work for crooks and autocrats.
Has someone considered that they might have been bored? /j