Paul;
Your statement
" When I asked why would anyone want to work with your company knowing that you do not pay until you are paid ?
I also asked how do we know if you are paid or not paid from your customer ? "
You are exactly on point. How the hell do I know for sure when you have been paid? This comes after being so stupid that I would agree to be paid when paid in the first place.
I just received a query from "FacilitySource" to become a contractor. They have just been consumed by CBRE (Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis),
a large player in the real estate/ real estate management area. I received a solicitation sheet from them and I won't even insult the intelligence of those on this venue by posting it.
The response section was very definite but the payment portion was somewhere out in the Cosmos. You could be paid only if they got paid and then pay you at some mysterious date in the future. They had a list of discounts that they wanted to take under circumstances that were totally unverifiable. You also had to sign away all rights as a contractor while shielding them from everything. Incredible............
But if I were to sign this nonsense, I would be getting exactly what I deserve.
Just for the record, they intimated that they wanted me to provide service to Lowe's, along with some other familiar major accounts in my area.
I politely refused the offer but thought to myself that if a person made me an offer like this to my face I would have dispensed justice with a broken car antenna right on the spot.
Peace out!