As you're probably aware I took over a hotel residency a while ago. I rushed into it seen as my day job was under serious threat & I figured any financial help I could get would be good news.
Now, with loads of discos under the bridge I'm looking to leave having seen next year's crazy schedule (4 or 5 discos a week during pretty much the whole wedding season - try doing that & holding down a day job!). But.. the venue pays a month in arrears - so for July they'll pay me at the end of this month. Not ideal but they've been prompt so far.
There's no contract in place - just verbal agreements all the way. Now I realise that if I announce I'm going to walk I could end up being seriously out of pocket with no comeback. I should really have made sure I was under contract before taking it on (big mistake). Yes I'm a
The most professional thing to do would be to draw up a contract, wave it under the venue's nose & say that's how I want things to be or I just walk anyway. One month's termination notice in either direction, and penalties for overlooked bookings & cancellations. Late payment resulting in termination too.
I don't want to leave on a sour note - infact I'd much rather have preferred supplier status than actually work for them - that way I can pick & choose which gigs I want & don't have to arrange cover for holidays etc.
I went into this with my eyes open, but had no inkling that next year's calendar was going to be so manic - I mean how could I? The average for last year, before I started doing gigs there was a max of 3 a week, even at Christmas time.