So I signed up for a side job of photographing graduations. Seemed simple, but it's just turned into a cluster***k.
-Turns out most of the graduations are hours away. Not worth driving 2.5 hours to film a 1 hour event for $80 then 2.5 hours back.
-Repeatedly I was told to get to the sight at one time, then five minutes before that time was told “Actually you can show up two hours from now” well buddy I just parked!
-The first couple events were fine, $80 bucks for an hours worth of work. However I got stuck on one of the biggest events so it stretched on for hours. Basically from arriving early, to the extended events, I was still just paid $80 per event. Fuck that.
-I got stuck with equipment to send back, which I was not compensated for my time. In hind site I should of kept it as collateral.
So… I have been asking for them to send me my pay so I can just be done with them. Altogether, it is a fairly sizable check (Milage+Events Pay+Some Additional Pay) and for two weeks I have been told the check is in the mail, and I am getting pissed off. Number 1, I want the money. Number 2, I want to just close out everything with this scam of a company.
Basically, I just want my money, but this company is running me in circles it seems.