I miss real journalism. I don't know what the hell this is
> Bell said he received two responses within the hour. The first was a call from the accountant, who told him his payment had been initiated and should land in his bank account in the next few days. Bell said that as of Oct. 9 it had not arrived.
> On Friday, shortly after the Chronicle reached out to SpaceX for the second time, an accountant called Bell and told him payment was on its way. Bell said this is the third time the company has told him payment has been initiated.
This is just how "random" vendor "disputes" go? I disagree.
From non-paywalled article: https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2678070490/
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/spacex-get...
This may be the first domino in a systemic AI loan and debt crisis.
Wrong move. Though I’m sure he’d win in court regardless, it is now a much longer drawn out process.
Welcome to tech bro utopia, where humanity in its entirety must grovel and worship and lick the boots of those who in their magnanimity allow us merit-less wretches to work for them for pennies, or, as in this case, for free. Oh what a wonderful future these guys have in store for us!
1. Because real companies have accounts payable procedures, where transactions are examined and processed according to procedure, in varying degrees of time, depending on the circumstance.
2. Profitable companies, or those that hope to be so, make sure there is always a backlog of work available, which creates some amount of delay in all payments.
3. Elon whispered in someones ear and said "the food sucks, take care of it." This is pure speculation on my part, but it makes for a good scene in a villian movie.
> 2. Profitable companies, or those that hope to be so, make sure there is always a backlog of work available, which creates some amount of delay in all payments.
Your first two points are addressed by:
> Desperate, Bell called SpaceX’s senior accountant on Sept. 17 and left a voicemail. “I said, ‘Something seems a little weird, and I don’t know if I should be getting a lawyer,’” he said.
> Bell said he received two responses within the hour. The first was a call from the accountant, who told him his payment had been initiated and should land in his bank account in the next few days. Bell said that as of Oct. 9 it had not arrived.
> On Friday, shortly after the Chronicle reached out to SpaceX for the second time, an accountant called Bell and told him payment was on its way. Bell said this is the third time the company has told him payment has been initiated.
Your third point can go unaddressed.
hn_acker•57m ago
> SpaceX is worth $2 trillion. So why hasn’t it paid this Bay Area chef the $70,000 it owes him?
epolanski•47m ago
They are tweaked all time to maximize views.