Am I screwed?

To make a long story short, i've been working for a company doing a project for over a month and a half now and I have not received not a single paycheck yet. To make things worse, the guy i've been on a team with hasn't gotten paid in a longer amount of time and the lead guy on the team has gotten a paycheck at least. What is the viable thing to do in this situation to make sure I get my money..?

get something in writing...i.e. a contract ...that stipulates a payscale timeline.

Do you have any documentation that outlines the terms of your work arrangement? Do you have anything that shows the work youve done to this point?

What was the arrangement? i.e. did you agree to be paid when the job was done or are you supposed to be paid hourly?

I would get all of this in writing asap just to have in your back pocket should you need to see a professionals assistance in the matter.

Are you in Russia?

Start copying all the sensative material to a thumb drive....... Not kidding.

What kind of work?
Can you take any of the work back?
It is not theirs until they pay you for it.

Are you sure that some of the money that went to the lead guy was not supposed to go to you?

You better check your sources, Datsun dude.

Datsun1500 wrote: How could you be screwed. According this this thread you are living in a paid off mansion, you have all the money you need remember? http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/walking-away-from-a-house/3120/page1/

I don't think you've got the same person there....

93celicaGT2 wrote:

Datsun1500 wrote: How could you be screwed. According this this thread you are living in a paid off mansion, you have all the money you need remember? http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/walking-away-from-a-house/3120/page1/

I don't think you've got the same person there....

yeah dude wrong person.

Ah well.... someone beat me to it.

Not to get off topic, but things are going swimmingly for me.

to the OP: Why are you still there if they are not paying you?

Datsun1500 wrote: Ahhh, the other guy is 93gsx, you are 92dx, teach me to read on an iphone. Sorry, really am. I will try and salvage this by asking what others have.. are you supposed to be paid weekly or only when the project is finished? I guess the main issue is if the project is for the company that is supposed to be paying the bill or is the company you work for a sub?

I was supposed to be paid a couple times a month supposedly and the company i'm contracted with is a doing the job for another company and i'm working myself as an independent contractor..

Find the contract that you signed pertaining to all the details about pay. But for one, get in touch with the HR department or the head honcho and start raising hell. I bitch if they screw up on my pay by an hour or two.

Uh, you were supposed to be paid 2x/month (let's call it every other week) and you've been there 6 weeks with no pay? Doode. On week 3 you don't show up and on week 3.2 you call the state.

Dr. Hess wrote: Uh, you were supposed to be paid 2x/month (let's call it every other week) and you've been there 6 weeks with no pay? Doode. On week 3 you don't show up and on week 3.2 you call the state.

I rarely say this, but I completely agree with the good Dr.

92dxman wrote: I was supposed to be paid a couple times a month supposedly and the company i'm contracted with is a doing the job for another company and i'm working myself as an independent contractor..

ok, supposed to...

what is the text in your contract on this matter?

DrBoost wrote: Start copying all the sensative material to a thumb drive....... Not kidding.

Start copying all of your sensitive material to a thumb drive. anything else could be considered theft. Good luck

Update: I have received one payment and should receive another one very shortly. I called the company yesterday and spoke to somebody about the matter and it turns out they are waiting payment from the client themselves..

Yeah, well, their cash flow problem is not your cash flow problem. They can just suck it up and pay you or you can just stay home. I've told my boss(es) that as long as the direct deposits keep coming in, I'll keep driving up here. Yeah, it's mercenary. Welcome to the world. Or, as we used to say back in the day, "Ass, Gas or Grass, Nobody Rides for Free." I've told my boss(es) that too. It comes from working 500 hour months on salary (no OT, no comp time, no nothing) and finding that no one gave a E36 M3.

i only had one boss that I let slide beyond payday, and that was because I had been there for years and knw he was good for it. It is no way to start of with new employees, and by the sound of it you are all fairly new. This may be an indicator of why they old ones aren't there anymore.

Yea... I was working for a company like that. The boss would complain he couldn't pay us because he didn't get paid. That's the risk of business, buddy.

1-800 Morgan Law... got all the money I was owed, plus some, and he ended up paying about 3 times what he owed me.

Stuc wrote: Yea... I was working for a company like that. The boss would complain he couldn't pay us because he didn't get paid. That's the risk of business, buddy. 1-800 Morgan Law... got all the money I was owed, plus some, and he ended up paying about 3 times what he owed me.

sounds like in this case your boss was lying to you, and withholding pay in bad faith, and it was proved in court. this would explain why you got triple what you were owed. it might not be that way in all situations