It being thirty-two days since I submitted my invoice for the last freelance job I did, I gently prodded my contact there this morning about the overdueness of the matter. I just got a response telling me that accounting had been advised, it was being handled immediately, and I ought to have the cheque next Wednesday. This is nice, but I will be more pleased when I have the cheque in hand. There is shopping that needs to be done and payments that need to be made, and it’s frustrating to be on hold at this point in the season. Particularly when I’m feeling rather flat and apathetic; a shot of holiday activity would help a lot.
Good luck! As a ‘contact’ who once regularly hired freelance trainers for Nortel, small invoices were a PITA for the accounting department, and they used to ignore them. I finally hit on the strategy of walking over to the accounting department, standing in the accountant’s cubical, and refusing to leave until he had approved and processed my trainer’s invoice.
I think my contact did something similar for me today. You’d think accounting would much happier to cut a small cheque than a big one!