I am in search of a kick ass creative who’s well versed in web and print. Needs to be pretty local to Saratoga NY. Links to your work and more details can be provided. Let’s go!

I still get really nervous before doing telehealth video calls! I'm never this way face to face.

What is the impact of recession on TW?

NSP- seriously what crap it is? What a waste of time. Agle 2 din aur jhelna h 😭 EY ne itna ghatiya program implement kaise kiya 🙄

What neighborhood is good / safe to live in? nob hill? How much is your rent? Does anyone have a 1 bedroom sublet?

Picked the wrong origin airport for Emirates personal travel ticket. Called 45 minutes later and can't waive $500 change fee because trip is less than 7 days. How can I fight this?

What’s the best practice for giving notice. Is it suggested to wait till the employment verification from employer abroad (from few years back. For e.g India stint) clears if rest of the background check has cleared.

Best coat for the winter? 30 y.o. Male. Really want a canada goose but that’s like paying a month’s worth of rent 😞

Is the MacBook 13in or 16in more popular with employees? Any real difference in performance?

How do you get a job working in food science research? What are some of the best companies to work for in that field?

Why do firms have offices in Palo Alto AND Menlo Park AND SF??

Any regrets going into advisory?? Which group is the best interns of interesting work?

Any idea when hike letters will be rolled out? Also how much percentage of hike at persistent one can expect?

Anyone working in appdynamics??

Where can we see the new hire RSUs allotted?
Workday just shows the annual RSUs not the new hire RSUs or joining bonus.

What tools do you all swear by for insights and usage and behaviours?

Am I understanding utilization rate correctly? It’s chargeable time over total time? Charged 40 hours and had 10 hours non-charge so my utilization is 80%? If so, wouldn’t it benefit me to understate non-charge hours so my utilization is higher since they only really care about chargeable time anyways? Charge 40 hours still but only put 5 hours non-charge for utilization to be 89% instead of 80%? Or am I misunderstanding how utilization works?

What’s the worst part about travel?

I enjoy being asked for samples when I featured my website 3 times through email. In the body, my signature and my resume. I spend 100~/year on it. It has my entire portfolio... 😒😒😒

I’ve been dabbling with the idea of getting into copywriting as something to soon the side but I have no experience doing it. What steps should I take (books to read, gigs to start with or pursue, etc) if I want to go from $0 and next to ) experience to $40k or so a year?

Right now I’m currently unemployed and taking a break from my fine art stuff to try to get back into tech sales, but I was looking to expand my skill set and also generate extra money at the same time.

Where do you find storyboard artists? Rate? agents?

Anybody work with JBC Connect out on the west side in LA?

What would a fair day rate be for a pharma/health agency? Also, is it worth taking the gig just for money? I have other gigs to put in my book. Thanks!

Is charging $1 per word reasonable for someone w/10 years of copywriting experience?

I was laid off, and I am now trying to pick up freelance while also on unemployment. Last week I made roughly double my UE benefits from a freelance job.

Does anyone know if this will disqualify me from future UE benefits, even though it was a temporary, one-time job?

When you leave a longish gig do you send out a thanks it’s been fun email to everyone you worked with?

Not sure if anyone is gonna be down for this but i know of a writing gig with a rate of $60-$80/hr. It’s mainly website copy for a web3 company so it could be good to get that experience. DM if you’re interested.

If I contribute to a solo 401k, is the additional profit-sharing contribution (the 25% of compensation after the $19500 contribution) based on my gross income, or is it based on gross income minus expenses? Thank you🙏🏼

Recruiters in the USA

I'm London based, never worked anywhere else, but I like the idea of freelancing abroad while it's simple what with all the WFH.

Can anyone recommend any good US-based recruiters? I am a senior copywriter.

Hey freelancers...I usually raise my rates every 2-3 years. For those of you long-time freelancers, how often do you raise rates? And by what percentage? Looking to keep up with market/cost-of-living and yet, not price myself out.

I may need a freelance senior (ish) AD to partner with for the month of January, in house at a start up. Post your books!

Are y’all worried about the availability of work with the projected upcoming recession?

Let’s say you have a project that you charge hourly for. The briefing itself/getting acquainted w the project was a solid hour. Do you charge for that hour?

What’s the best way to apply for freelance gigs as a producer? Not getting any bites on WNW

A question from a Brit - what are standard billing / payment terms in the US for a consultancy style project? E.g. fixed stages, clear deliverables and timings. But one person working on it. Thanks!

All of my writers are busy. Went FT, family stuff, already booked. I had to leave a 5 week contract on the table because I don’t have a deep enough writer pool. I’m 17 years in the biz, have awards and primarily do TV and Digital. CD/AD. Anyone interested in building a professional partnership? Let me know.

Has anyone here ever been sued by an agency? I’ve had a few places recently ask me to be insured. And was bugged out. Ended up being a good experience but still.