Thread by @stillnaima

(I really think this is a budget vs fee conflation...)

If you pay me a fee to perform a service, that value is subjective. I set it.
If you give me a BUDGET, that's based on how much things cost that I'm agreeing to buy/do/produce/execute for you

So don't pay me a fee and ask where the money went - to ME.

The question is Tiera needs to get to is: what did she actually DO for that fee.

I left again. Too much yelling and nobody can find the right words to clarify.

People overcharge for services and under-deliver everyday. It's not quite the same as stealing a budget

It's still not OK, but not the same

But also don't pay anybody full fee upfront. Especially if you're independent and said fee is 60K.

She may not have done anything, the additional pr and marketing folks she paid may not have done anything. That don't mean she didn't pay them. That's why I say focusing on the money instead of the results/work is just gonna keep this muddled.