Need Help/Suggestion - Work Compensation

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Obi-Wan

Obi-Wan

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Hi,

Looking for suggestion / help on what to do with this situation i am going to mention below. I'd like to keep my NDA intact, hence no company name or anything will be shared so i am afraid i cannot provide more details about the project..

The issue -
An indian multimedia company contacted me to do some work for them. Freelance-offsite. the project(s) was discussed and i started working > skipping the non essential details > its all done. I was told to send them invoices of work, which ofcourse i did in November BUT i have not got any payment so far and they don't even reply to my emails anymore.

Yes i've tried communicating and each time i get the same reply - its being processed by accounts department.

Now the question -
What to do?
I live on the other side of India as far as they are concerned, and my exams have begun, which, right now are more important but i have no idea how to get my money. I am fed up of this now.

Anyone got any suggestion?
 
welcome to freelancing pitfall 1.... not getting paid , keep pestering them with calls , wait for little more time , then take it to complaints sites online and social sites ,
 
you should not have given them the complete work without getting paid first. forget about the company giving you anything now. unless you are ready to file police complaint for fraud and cheating and ready to spend time and money in court. next time start work only after you get 50% payment upfront.

I have a feeling I heard of such a company sometime back on someone's blog. it was a mumbai company, and the designer was a girl who blogged about the company. the company sent her legal notice for posting about it on her blog but did not send any money for her work. it was mentioned here on TE sometime back i think.
 
oh well how about that..i don't want to get sued by them by posting on social sites or breaking that NDA. no names or details will be shared.
however, i can take it to court and have no problem going that way. was just looking for a easier way so asked here because i cannot do anything "big" about it till my exams are over. .
you are right and i actually didn't do any freelance work here before
 
how will you get sued if you mention on sites that they did not pay , which is the truth?
there was a graphic designer in bombay who painted a cafe and they dint pay him and he went around telling it around everyone and eventually they did pay...
 
^ a Non-Disclosure agreement which you sign when you join the project.


anyway, i have got some great assistance from our business lawyer and will sticking to what he suggests. .will update when something happens. .thanks for the suggestions everyone :)
 
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