Everybody needs to know their threshold for walking away, whether it's going too long without getting paid, having their pay delayed too many times, or other de

Everybody needs to know their threshold for walking away, whether it's going too long without getting paid, having their pay delayed too many times, or other demands like being asked to work overtime, weekends, etc. If a company is truly making a good faith effort to pay, I try to cut them slack, especially if they level with me about why they're having a cash flow issue. This requires having insight into the people making the decisions, as well as being willing to take a leap of faith that I won't get screwed. I have a pretty good track record: I come out ahead (i.e. get paid) most of the time, and have rarely been left holding the bag.