Has anyone here accepted unpaid work for indie work before? They say they would cover travel, food and accommodation but I’m not too sure if it’s worth it if it’s unpaid work?

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Only do this if it is a referral from someone you trust. If this company is located in another state, and then refuses to pay your travel expenses, you will suffer a lot of unnecessary pain. Also, you need at a minimum a contract or agreement that your travel expenses will be reimbursed. Better yet, have them pay the expenses in advance.

There is unfortunately at lot of unscrupulous operators out there.

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Yes definitely! Now I only accept work from people that I know or have heard of!

I have once but it was a very special occasion. If you can make a little out of the expenses it may be worth it or if there's good networking. But if you have other paid work to take instead, I'd take the paid!

Yes- it was great to begin with as I learnt so much and I was living with my parents at the time so money wasn’t such a problem!

I think you have to weigh up your options. If you think you’ll really benefit from doing it job/experience wise it could be good to do but if you won’t really get anything from it it could be best to leave alone!

Yes I would need to really analyse if the project would be worth it!

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