How do you deal with slow pay programs who have excuse after excuse?
I try to practice the Golden Rule and treat others as I would like to be treated, so I always initially assume that a slow paying program has made an error or is having a bad week, as opposed to assuming they are trying to not pay me. So I always start out with the polite email option and eventually point out if I feel like folks are dragging their feet, but I think there are some programs riding out the bad economy on people being unwilling to fuss over amounts around $100. I've always felt like it is easier to just write it off, pull links, and move on, but this is happening more and more now.
For example, I've had one or more programs in the past six months change their minimum payout without notice, change my pay to name on my account so I couldn't cash the check, repeatedly misplace my tax paperwork, complain they don't like my name, even accidentally enter one pay period as a negative number instead of a positive one when changing backend, etc. Getting awfully tired of this and wondering if I'm being too chill about it. At a certain point, dunning people for chump change in private starts feeling like more bother than it is worth, but I don't really want to just let shady folks walk with my money.
I try to practice the Golden Rule and treat others as I would like to be treated, so I always initially assume that a slow paying program has made an error or is having a bad week, as opposed to assuming they are trying to not pay me. So I always start out with the polite email option and eventually point out if I feel like folks are dragging their feet, but I think there are some programs riding out the bad economy on people being unwilling to fuss over amounts around $100. I've always felt like it is easier to just write it off, pull links, and move on, but this is happening more and more now.
For example, I've had one or more programs in the past six months change their minimum payout without notice, change my pay to name on my account so I couldn't cash the check, repeatedly misplace my tax paperwork, complain they don't like my name, even accidentally enter one pay period as a negative number instead of a positive one when changing backend, etc. Getting awfully tired of this and wondering if I'm being too chill about it. At a certain point, dunning people for chump change in private starts feeling like more bother than it is worth, but I don't really want to just let shady folks walk with my money.
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