In creative industries it's incredibly common not to get paid for 6 months or more.
I remember a certain animation studio based out of NYC that worked on an entire animated series for 9 months after only getting paid for the first episode and then their client had a meeting with them and said "Jesus told me not to do this project". That was the end of the project and the studio. Nobody got paid. They were already constantly 6 months behind paying their animators before taking on that job...
I remember a certain animation studio based out of NYC that worked on an entire animated series for 9 months after only getting paid for the first episode and then their client had a meeting with them and said "Jesus told me not to do this project". That was the end of the project and the studio. Nobody got paid. They were already constantly 6 months behind paying their animators before taking on that job...