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> Net plus 30 may be good terms if you have a big enough cushion that you can
> keep the bills paid and buy food and ever-increasing gas while you wait.
> But if you can't afford to wait that long, you can't afford to. Try
> renegotiating while you continue to hunt for work elsewhere.
If you don't even have a 30-day cash cushion -- heck, if you don't have at least 6-12 months -- you have no business doing b2b (1099) contracting. Find yourself an employer.
And start building a cash cushion. Even a wage slave should have at least a 6-month cash cushion.
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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