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Good afternoon,
I have a small recruitment business and have recently signed a large company. I have another waiting in the wings for next week and I am concerned.
I'm confused about whether I'm entitled to payment if say a VP of the company has signed my terms.
The sprawling nature of the company meant I was liaising with a Senior Director who refered me to procurement who in turn sent my terms to be signed by the VP of UK.
This Senior Director has a team across EMEA and in to Russia and he is based in the UK BUT his subordinates are not.
After seven weeks of chasing procurement to ensure I was covered to resource outside the UK and be paid, procurement told me I was not.
During the conversation and email trail it was not explained that I needed to be on a Master List. All this aside.... I was close to making a placement and then there was a management structure change so nothing happened.
How do I make sure that my terms of business are adhered to and that I don't get shafted by huge companies??
(I realise the responsibility to ask questions lies with me).
Do I need to alter my Terms of Business to account for these eventualities??? My fear is that my invoice could be bureaucracied away because of internal policy.
Where do I ask for advice on this?
Is it as simple as "You have signed.... you're liable"?
Thanks in advance.
I have a small recruitment business and have recently signed a large company. I have another waiting in the wings for next week and I am concerned.
I'm confused about whether I'm entitled to payment if say a VP of the company has signed my terms.
The sprawling nature of the company meant I was liaising with a Senior Director who refered me to procurement who in turn sent my terms to be signed by the VP of UK.
This Senior Director has a team across EMEA and in to Russia and he is based in the UK BUT his subordinates are not.
After seven weeks of chasing procurement to ensure I was covered to resource outside the UK and be paid, procurement told me I was not.
During the conversation and email trail it was not explained that I needed to be on a Master List. All this aside.... I was close to making a placement and then there was a management structure change so nothing happened.
How do I make sure that my terms of business are adhered to and that I don't get shafted by huge companies??
(I realise the responsibility to ask questions lies with me).
Do I need to alter my Terms of Business to account for these eventualities??? My fear is that my invoice could be bureaucracied away because of internal policy.
Where do I ask for advice on this?
Is it as simple as "You have signed.... you're liable"?
Thanks in advance.
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