I am working with a university for the first time. They want to pay me via purchase order, but the process on their end seems to take forever and I don’t get why? Isn’t the money already there and that the school has already given green light for the purchase? What am I missing?
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You don’t get paid WITH a PO, you get paid ON a PO. It’s a very formal IOU, basically. They give you a PO, you perform the work, and then invoice according to the PO, and they pay the invoice.
That’s how most large organizations do procurement. The process is that formal in order to create accountability, and make it easy to audit and ensure that what you invoice for is what was agreed on prior to work being performed. You will not be able to invoice for anything that’s not on your purchase order, unless you get a change order, more than likely.
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