Nah, in the real world things pump monthly. I would never have serious expectations of a company to pay earlier than the 30th day of the month of the submitted

Nah, in the real world things pump monthly. I would never have serious expectations of a company to pay earlier than the 30th day of the month of the submitted bill. Most likely I'd presume that I'd submit the bill on the Xth and the money would be sent back somewhere between the 1st and 5th of the next month. That's very standard for smaller businesses[1]. In other words, you might wind up with 6 weeks between invoicing and payment. You might find that they pay on the 15th instead of the 1st. Big whoop. 4-6 months is outrageous and amazingly uncommon. [1] My father's a general contractor in construction; he's dealt with a ton of businesses of a variety of kinds and this is the SOP.