Freelance friends: how many days in advance do agencies usually confirm booking w you and send you all the paperwork/contract? I’ve got so many recruiters texting me at 5pm that say “hey can you start tmr”, and it’s hard for me to plan ahead. Any helpful insights pls 🙏🏻

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Normally, a few days. But it all depends on how desperate you are. Protocol dictates you really should not be starting anything until you’ve signed a contract and agreed on a rate and everything is squared away.

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Anywhere from 1-5 days in advance typically but usually 1-2. Sometimes 0 days in advance.

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I would just set expectations from the first touch base on how soon you can start.

That’s what I did. Telling them that XXX also wants to book me next week so pls send things over asap if you want me to start tmr - those kind of things. But for some reason recruiters always manage to delay responses and I had to decline a few projects bc of that

Wow lucky you! Are these remote or on site? Also are they paying your rate? I had to refuse one that wanted me on site a few days and wanted to pay junior rates 🤦🏼‍♀️

The ad agency gigs are usually 2-3 days on site, some tech and boutique places do remote. But all of them seem messy in terms of giving freelancers a heads up…

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