[BSousa]

Ever had a chat with them and change the work arrangements from freelance to contracting?

This way they pay you a fixed sum per day/week, and you can give them updates on the tasks as they go, without having to fight over 1 hour for this, 5 hours for that, 3.5 hours for the meeting where you end up spending 1/2 time talking about your daughters engagement.

As for the contract, depends, some companies have standard contracts that were done by their lawyers that protect the company (read it carefully) and prefer not to have to pay a lawyer again to read and validate yours.

[wayzz]

"refer not to have to pay a lawyer again to read and validate yours" I could totally see why this is why they didn't want to sign it.