So, I finally got the check from the state job I did at the local college a few months back. I was subcontracted by a company out of Connecticut. The check showed up this morning but for some reason was $275 short. On the stub they wrote "held retention". Any of you guys have an idea what that means? I can't exactly call their office till Monday to find out what's up. It's not that it is a large amount in comparison to the rest of the job just wondering if this has ever happened to anyone else on these state jobs as this is my first one. I do have another job in the works with them but no signed contract or go ahead yet as I told them I wouldn't start it till I got paid for the last one. Any thoughts?
I hate that crap, I have backed off bidding city work, they always want me to drop down to the "others" pricing, then I have do deal with a bunch of malarkey to get paid, if the guy "forgets" to submit my bill to the administrator, "you'll get it next month then" On city here told me that they where going to wait until I did the stumps before I was paid....................... didn't know pruning a bunch of trees required me to grind the stumps! Had to go thru a bunch of crap to get my money, because someone wrote their notes wrong, could not get it thru the chick in the office's head. No stump grinding involved, literately had to draw her a picture to explain the process.
