And this is why companies should pay ex employees and contractors in full and make be parting as painless as possible. Even if the contractor was horrible, unle

And this is why companies should pay ex employees and contractors in full and make be parting as painless as possible. Even if the contractor was horrible, unless it was criminal, pay in full for time, and err on the side of overpayment and a clean break. Otherwise stuff like this gets brought up out of context, and even worse, sometimes it happens in private when someone is considering a job or purchase of product, and something like this can hurt you when you aren't even aware it is hurting you.