I’m sorry but changing a firmly established payment schedule via changing the FAQ is sneaky, dishonest, and bad faith. Period.
Worse, changing the payment schedule to “around the 5th” is a giant red flag that bad faith is the new normal at Hubpages where our payment is concerned.
Any sort of payment delay by any company at any time for any reason is *always* a sign that trouble—big trouble—is brewing.
The owners of Maven, the company who bought Hubpages, do not have a great track record in the publishing business. (Googling Maven and Sports Illustrated will give you a clearer picture of the company.) Research last year claimed the company only had enough capital to continue business through June of this year. I guess we were lucky to have made it this far.
I was trying to decide if I was going to continue writing here or go elsewhere and this payment fiasco has made that decision quite easy.
The work involved in creating a quality article here—photos, videos, quizzes, call outs, etc.—is not worth wondering if I’m going to get paid “around some time of some month” or searching the FAQ to discover when that time is or if it has changed.
I’m looking into writing for Medium. If anyone has any other suggestions, please post them.