$MONEY*3$

PonyGirl isn't a real employee with my company, he's a external support tech that has a contract with us -  he pretty much runs his own small business from within our office. It's a win win; he gets to use our space for his other clients, and if something explodes on our end, he's here just in case. He serves as a safety net for me, in case something weird comes out.

At least, most of the time.

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Me: "One of the Sydney users is having this annoying problem, keeps on coming up, do you-"
PonyGirl: "Don't care."
Me: "Oh...er..."
PonyGirl: "I haven't been paid in 2 weeks. I'm owed $55,000."
Me: "Oh. Er...going to play golf?"
PonyGirl: "Yup, cya!"

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The $55,000 isn't just salary, it includes computer hardware, software, labour costs, etc. He buys the equipment with an implict understanding that we'll pay him back within a week to cover the costs - unfortunately, office politics over who controls our cashflow have been getting in the way.

Worst part? It's not the record, the previous amount owed was over $80,000.