Quiet Subbies Get Paid Last. Here's Why the Loud Ones Get Paid First.
A builder can have 40, 50, sometimes 100 subcontractors waiting on payment. Payment gets delayed, on purpose or not. The subbie who follows up, in writing, on the due date, gets paid first. That is not luck. It is commercial discipline.
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Quiet subbies get paid last. Don't make the rules, I just play the game. Here's the thing, if you're the loudest subbie, you will get paid first. It is that simple. Because a builder, they have 40, 50, sometimes 100 subcontractors under them. They will inevitably, whether intentionally or unintentionally, delay payment. They've got other priorities. That's just how the nature of the project if you're in that queue of 70 subbies waiting to be paid, you're the only one that puts their hand up and says, hey, you haven't paid me yet.
Or hey, are you going to pay me by this Friday when it's due? Or hey, this invoice is 14 days overdue, please pay or we're just going to have to run an adjudication against you. Just commercial discipline. You're the one saying that out of the 70 subbies, it is no wonder or no myth no that you will be paid first out of all the other subbies.
General information about Australian subcontracts, not legal advice. Get advice on your own contract and facts.