--- title: "Contracts take three weeks to sign · WorkWeaver" description: "Two hours of real work, spread over 21 days of redlines and waiting. With WorkWeaver, the contract is signed in three days and the lawyer decides only the unusual terms." url: https://workweaver.ai/workflows/contracts.md canonical: https://workweaver.ai/workflows/contracts/ updated: 2026-10-21 --- # Contracts take three weeks to sign. Two hours of real work, lost in **21 days** of redlines and waiting. Here is how it drops to three. *A printed contract on a desk, covered in red pen corrections, older drafts underneath* One MSA · us and a retail group ## The customer said yes on day 1. MSA_customer_copy.docx ### Master Services Agreement A security company and a retail group This Agreement is made between a security company and another retail chain a retail group, the Customer. Petra, sales · Day 1 Copied from an old deal. Sent to their lawyer. Waits 8 days on their lawyer MSA_v2_ours.docx MSA_v3_customer_comments.docx 7. Fees are due within 30 45 days of invoice. Claire, their lawyer · Day 9 45-day payment, please. MSA_v4_ML_edits.docx MSA_v5_clean.docx 9. Each party's total liability is limited to the fees paid in the 12 months before the claim unlimited. Claire, their lawyer · Day 9 We need unlimited liability. Waits 4 days for our lawyer, between meetings MSA_v6_clean_FINAL.docx 9. Each party's total liability is limited to 12 months' fees. Malik, our lawyer · Day 13 Can't accept unlimited. Rewritten. New draft attached. **RE: RE: RE: MSA v6 redline**No reply for 4 days. Chased on day 17. MSA_v6_clean_FINAL(2).pdf 14. Signed for and on behalf of the Customer. Signatory, the customer **Waiting for others**E-sign envelope sent day 19. Chased on day 20. Day 21. Signed, after two chases. *An empty office chair beside a desk with an unsigned contract and a closed laptop* ### Most of it is waiting. Every draft sits in someone's inbox while the deal goes quiet. ## 21 days. 2 hours of work. *21 days in a row. Real work happened on 4 of them, about 2 hours in all.* Day 1 Day 21 Waiting Real work, about 2 hours in all And while it waits, **1 in 10** yeses go cold. With WorkWeaver ## The same page. Clean. The agent knows your playbook. The lawyer sees only what's unusual. ### Master Services Agreement · us and a retail group 7. Fees are due within 45 days of invoice. 9. Each party's total liability is limited to the fees paid in the 12 months before the claim. **Signed · Day 3**Our company **Signed · Day 3**A retail group Playbook · Clause 9 Clause Liability cap Their ask Unlimited Our rule 12 months' fees Fallback Only with the lawyer's yes Approves Malik, our lawyer Day 2 · 9:30 Sent to Malik with the request 1. **Day 1 · 11:40**Draft ready on our paper. Sales taps Send. 2. **Day 2 · 9:30**Risky term flagged. The lawyer approves our rule. 3. **Day 2 · 4:10 pm**Their lawyer agrees. 4. **Day 3 · 2:40 pm**Signed. Starts as planned. To Malik, our lawyer · Day 2, 9:30 Their lawyer wants unlimited liability. Our rule is 12 months' fees. Offer our rule? Malik approves at 9:30. To Claire, their lawyer · Day 2, 9:35 Thank you. 45-day payment is fine. Our standard liability cap is 12 months' fees. Updated draft attached. Claire agrees at 4:10 pm. To Petra and Malik · Day 3, 2:40 pm They signed. Starts 1 November. Nothing needs you. *A signed contract page with a pen and an orange paper clip* 21 days **3 days** **Petra** spends the time with new customers. **Malik** approves in one tap, with the rule and the request side by side. The customer gets a clean contract in three days. **How it works** The agent knows the company's contract rules, so it answers standard questions itself and sends only the unusual ones to the lawyer, with the rule and the request side by side. It works in the email thread and the Word file you already use. One agent carries the work across every department, reading and writing to one company-wide memory. Every change is tested on your own past work before it goes live. Only legal uses Ironclad SpotDraft Juro LinkSquares Leegality SCC Online Westlaw Every team shares Microsoft Word Microsoft Outlook DocuSign Slack Google Drive Zoom ## Find the one bottleneck that moves your whole company. Bring it to a 30-minute call. We'll map it with you. Book a call with Founder Human version: https://workweaver.ai/workflows/contracts/