Hi everyone, I work as a freelancer through a recruiting agency called Creative Circle. They asked me to be available for 15 hours, but the client is only giving me about 12 or 10 hours of work. Should I bill them for 15 hours, even though they’re not giving me that much? Also, the client wants me to mention the projects I’m working on. What do you think?

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Classic Creative Circle. So Creative Circle is your employer and Ikea is (their) client. CC has you vaguely “be available” 15 hrs = they’re likely billing Ikea for 15 hrs (at twice your rate). Ikea wants you to list projects so they can reconcile hours worked with hours paid. If that’s all true, it’s more a question for you to ask your employer: if they want you to “be available”, that means you’re only “available” for another 25 hours a week, but if you’re working/being paid less than that you’re losing money, so are they paying you for the “be available” 15 hours or not?

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With intermediaries, there are usually two timesheets, and they have to match. If you log 12 hours, CC can't bill 15. They do still make 100% of your rate though (you get $45/hr, they get another 45, client pays $90/hr), and they won't care that their contracts make it impossible for you to find a full plate of work.

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Never ever ever ever sign on with Creative Circle.

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Creative Circle and all their alike companies and bottom feeders that have screwed creatives in the industry. They serve up rates to you that undercut and under value your time and work.

As far as getting your full 15 hours- “work slower “ to get your billable up.

And going forward, try to get work on your own. You’ll make double your rate, and have more control. And hopefully we can put these bottom feeder companies out of business…one day!

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Sounds like “Creative Circle” is getting a percentage of your 15 hours, you might as well get a percentage too.

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Bill for the hours worked. They will. It’s black and white.

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Bill what you worked. With a company like Creative Circle the client will ask to reconcile the hours, and it'll burn you if you bill what you can't back up.

That said, make sure you're counting everything: keeping up with emails, onboarding time, "all hands" meetings that are project-agnostic, etc.

And also, see if you can get out from under Creative Circle - they have a reputation for being pretty exploitative.

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