they feel reluctant to pay bounty hunters reward
I was facing the same situation, I joined Markaccy's bonus program. The Markaccy team says they will pay out in September, but we don't yet know when they'll pay the bounty hunters.
Currently Markaccy's bounty chat is closed and the main team says to find managers to ask about bounties.
When people started participating in the bounty program, they said they would pay in September. At the end of the bounty program they said they would pay by the end of October. Today they told everyone that they will pay by December.
I think bounty hunters should be prepared for the worst