Ever been ghosted by a production 'after' you already worked the job? I wrapped a three-day shoot over a month ago, sent my invoice the morning after, followed up twice, and… nothing. Radio silence. It was $1,200 total. Not huge, but I planned rent and bills around that payment. I’m non-union, so no official backup. Do you keep chasing it yourself and risk being labeled “difficult”? Is there another way to hold people accountable when there’s no one protecting you?

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Did you sign a contract before working on the project- normally it states when the payment would take place? You can try and take it further and suggest legal action.

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Name and shame them. If they can ghost you, you can ghost quiet professionalism.

Damn! That's awful, I think people are scared a lot in the industry but they owe you. Name and shame and keep chasing. I know a lot of people have a policy on their invoices to say something like 5% interest charged on every additional day over 30 days. But also, it is worth looking into your contact or agreement if you signed something to see what their policy is on it.

Go above whoever you are currently in contact with if possible and if you are in NYC go through resources created by the Freelancing Isn't Free Act. Prior to that when I was working nonunion, I would include an statement on my invoices citing whatever contract language or expected time period had been established they were supposed to pay me within saying "If payment is not recieved after X time, additional invoices with a 10% increase for each week of delayed payment will be sent." It's not something that I ever had to enforce, but I never had a late paycheck when that was on an invoice.

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