I just had a freelance gig cancelled for next week. Is there any point reaching out to people on a Friday asking if anyone needs a little remote help with strategy or account/project management for 5 days? Even a bit of cash is better than no cash but not sure anyone’s going to be able to pull a trigger quick enough for such a short time to be worth the desperate tone my note would have. Could also Turo my car or something.

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Can’t hurt. And as you move forward, be sure to negotiate a kill/cancel fee in your contract so you don’t have to go through this again.

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I freelance for holding company agencies a lot. Has anybody asked the recruiter/resource manager who is bringing you in/emailing you the contract to add a kill fee to the contract? I feel like the contract always says they can let me go “at will.”

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Definitely reach out. You never know.

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