RE: OT Getting Paid Canadian Style

From: <Steve>
Date: Fri Aug 13 2004 - 04:25:00 EDT

Thanks Paul

I fixed it this way:
When claiming expenses, I always keep a bit back (my primary interest is the hourly rate times hours worked; not the chaff). Because they wanted expense justification, while working through the detail (receipts and other paper) I "found" an extra few hundred dollars, easily justified, that I had not claimed, and said I would add my mistakes to the next claim. So their query has added to their cost. Then I phoned the accounts payable supervisor, after emailing him 20MB of original receipt images (high quality), to check everything was sweet for him. He said an overwhelming "yes", so I am guessing the problem is fixed for the duration of the project. If not, I will have to move to phase 2 of my eight phase plan.

Nice to see I am not the only one that goes in to bat for a contractor.   If you do not understand the expression "go in to bat" I am sure there is the odd list member who can explain.

Cheers

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Bowers [mailto:pbowers@pipingdesign.com] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:00 PM
To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PipingDesign] OT Getting Paid Canadian Style

> I have been doing some work for a Canadian outfit, and their accounts
> department has started dicking me around over payment. Their payment
> terms are clear but the detail merchants are mucking about. This is
> the first time in 15 years that I have had this (outside of developing

> nations where I always pre-insist on a fence). Before I roll out the
> big guns, I would like to know whether or not it is standard Canadian
> practice to dicker over the minor costs (10%
> ish) in a bill.
> In our patch, we pay and caution if the "invisibles" need subsequent
> justification. Perhaps the northern ice is harder. Doesnt worry me; I
> just up their bill according the the Visa overdraft rate.

One time I "rammed through" a payment to a subcontractor that had completed his job (I pushed accounts payable to cut and send a way overdue cheque - it was only erection of a pre-fab building). At the time, it seemed to me that there were some other factors/people that wanted their fingers involved before the guy got paid. Shortly thereafter, I was unemployed. Did I learn my lesson? Nope, I'd do it again.

Paul

PS There was no conflict of interest involved, I just figured the guy deserved to not be dicked around with.

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