We were hired by an international agency brand to do production work for them now they want us to provide trade references before they even give us a purchase order for a production job that’s completed. I find this highly irregular. What is your take?

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I know lesson learned- but insist on a PO before work begins, always.

Possible it’s part of a procurement/ vendor setup process they failed to do and now need to complete before they can open a PO.

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That does sound irregular. I assume it is their protocol, but they skipped the step at the appropriate time and now they are covering their tracks on the back end. Of course that’s an assumption, but that’s kind of what it sounds like.

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Can you “hold” access to the produced assets until this gets squared away or did you already share links to the finished work? If so, may want to consider that to cover your arse. If not, thoughts and prayers they pay and it’s just a procedural step on their end that someone dropped the ball on.

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That happened to me before as a freelancer, did the work and then had to fill out a bunch of forms after the fact to be added as a vendor. They need that stuff for compliance reasons.

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