I apologize if this was posted in the wrong subreddit.
Without divulging much personal information, here's the story. I am a freelance and I signed a contract last year January (2016) with a company that upon satisfaction of my work and completion of a large-scale company project, i will receive $30K. As mentioned, i am a freelance and i don't have a fixed income. This project took up about 4 months from me and basically during this 4 months, i was living on my personal savings.
The project was completed well on the estimated date and everything went smooth for the company. I was then told i will receive the money at the end of month, just like every salaried worker in the company does.
I contacted them on second week of may since i wasn't contacted and informed about the collection of the payment. I called the manager of the company, who i was told to find for any enquiries, and he said it will be delayed slightly and i will be contacted again. Weeks past and everytime i called the manager, i would be turned down with different excuses and up till today, i have still not received a single cent.
The final straw came yesterday. I felt hopeless after the last call i made to the manager yesterday. I understood my rights from the contract but when i told the manager yesterday, through phone, that i could exercise my right and sue them for a sum of money, i was told to bring it on. The company is quite a monopoly in the industry and i was warned that if i dared to tarnish their reputation, he would personally make sure that i would be blacklisted among all other companies.
I am at my wits end... i have no idea who to turn to and my family is counting on me to survive. My personal saving is being exhausted and would finish probably by the next 1 month or so. What's my next course of action? I felt so indignant, i gave up my sleep and work effortlessly for the company but i am just a speck of dust to them.
Thank you for reading and sorry for my bad english, it's not my first language.
Submitted March 10, 2017 at 09:47AM by TheurgyWarden http://ift.tt/2lL2k1H
