I have a friend and I offered him a job to do for $20. I don't actually need the work done anymore, but he still wants the cash because I already hired him. What should I do?
2006-07-29 16:56:17 · 12 answers · asked by allasafa 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Well, you see, we do have an ongoing business relationship from which he has hired me and paid me some money before. (Quite a bit more than $20)
2006-07-29 17:04:56 · update #1
Yes, this was informal
2006-07-29 17:07:29 · update #2
Do you want to keep him as a friend! then you should pay him.
In the legal sense. You have hired him to do a job, and you are the one who broke the contract; therefore, you are still responsible to pay him what you original agreed upon in the first place. That is called a breach of contract, and you are obligated to fulfill it.
Formal or informal, you are obligated to pay him. Verbal contract are binding as much as the written one. It is only a little harder to prove.
If you don't need that specific work to be done anymore, then find him something else to do, then you will end up paying for a work done, rather than pay him just to fill your previous contract.
Good luck.
2006-07-29 17:11:30 · answer #1 · answered by Sierra Leone 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There are 2 ways of looking at this.
If you're hiring him on a formal basis, then in the eyes of the law its binding and you must pay him regardless whether the job has been done or not. However if its on an informal basis (as friends) then there is really nothing to stop you from not paying him.
If he was a good friend, he wouldn't have insisted on the money and you shouldn't be placed in a spot about it. However if he's a good friend and this is pretty much a once-off situation, perhaps its better to give him the cash and revise the way you think about your friendship?
2006-07-30 00:05:54 · answer #2 · answered by michael2003c2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PLAIN AND SIMPLE~~.....friendship and business are like oil and vinegar....THEY DO NOT MIX!
if the work is done....he deserves pay
if it is a reoccurring job you have the right to fire him
if no work done....no written contract... no reason to pay...
(a verbal agreement is another issue but if he pursues you legally over $20 HE has more probs than imaginable, pay him and drop him like a bad habit!)
2006-07-30 00:16:20 · answer #3 · answered by lawumun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, plain and simple. Tell him that. Why should you pay your friend when you don't need the work done already?
2006-07-30 00:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by naruto_otaku 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he already did the work pay him. If not find some other way for him to earn it.
2006-07-30 00:05:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he did the job then you should pay him. If you cancelled his services prior to the work being started, don't pay him.
2006-07-30 00:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by C J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless he does the work, you shouldn't pay him.
So, in all legal rights, you don't have to pay him if he doesn't do the work.
As far as your friendship, if it's good, he'll understand.
2006-07-30 00:01:26 · answer #7 · answered by val schmal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi will be right down you can give me twenty for coming get my drift find about 4 hours work for him see what he dose
2006-07-30 00:04:30 · answer #8 · answered by John K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of something else for him to do, if he needs it bad I would give it to him, but if he doesnt I would tell him sorry next time.
2006-07-29 23:59:39 · answer #9 · answered by wrf3k 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he didn't do the job, he should not be paid
2006-07-30 02:13:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋