Hello and welcome to another episode of Working Overtime our bi-weekly advice focused

episode. I'm your host Ronald Young Jr. And I'm your other host, June Thomas. So

Ronald, what are we talking about today? Well, June, as you've probably read or noticed in the

news media and entertainment industry,

we've been having a bit of a struggle recently. I've noticed that in a time of shrinking budgets and layoffs,

there's a lot more people going the freelance route. And for a lot of people going the freelance route and for a lot of audio producers there aren't

really a ton of full-time jobs. I've been freelancing an audio production since

2020 and it seems like lately I've heard from colleagues that getting some

organizations to pay on time has been a bit of a struggle. Have you had any trouble

getting paid as a freelancer? I have never had serious delays or worse not getting paid but I've certainly had to jump

through some weird hoops in order to get paid.

I have dealt with organizations that had processes that were the equivalent of like

send an invoice on the third Thursday of the month or if there's an hour in the month on the

fourth Tuesday and make sure that the invoice is in pages rather than word or that will cause a delay and like things where you just got the sense that the

organization's first priority was not cutting a check for freelancers.

I love that you said that.

I really hate that portion.

I used to do a lot of what are called tape sinks,

which are kind of remote recordings,

and I'd be talking to someone, and next thing you know,

they got to on board me into a system and I mean we're

talking about an amount of like $285 or less and they're like we got to get you

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