Do not work for Longboard Marketing!
I was contracted by the agency to work a 5 day, full day promotion. The managers/owners of the agency ended up changing the hours and cancelling a full day (giving only a 2 hour notice) on the premise of bad weather. Do not let unscrupulous agencies fool you; legitimate agencies will have at least a 42hr cancellation policy, (most 72hrs) that protects their talent no matter why the event is cancelled. The worst part, is that they made the mistake of mentioning that the client had already been invoiced and they had received pay from the latter even before the event had begun. So you know exactly where that extra money went! Right back into their pockets! Heinous!
When I received my greatly reduced pay, I kindly asked them about it but of course I went ignored...
I made the mistake of not asking for a contract, so now I'm screwed. Always sign an IC agreement and fill out paperwork before you work an event. These lads waited until the last day to have me sign a W-9... no comment!
Hopefully this message will keep you work working models and BAs from falling victim to this type of agency. Protect your rights and work solely for agencies that do so.