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I would only go full time if I feel like my book is getting dated and I’m not making work freelancing (with has crossed my mind this year), or if you found a place you love working at. Where I think it’s not worth it, it’s to get stuck in a place where you’re neither making money or work that can get you places.
Problem with freelance is you never know when it might fall off a cliff. Full time has endless problems as well but you don’t wanna be stuck with no income coming in month after month.
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Some reasons to go back would be:
- You want to see more work through start to finish and go on productions again
- You want to manage people and climb the ladder again
- You want more contemporary book pieces
- You enjoy office culture/you do better with a big group contributing
- You’re tired of uncertainty—although this is unavoidable even at full-time jobs imo
Yes, just do the math to convert your FL pay into comparable FT pay (like FL minus 25% to account for benefits, job stability, peace of mind, long term planning ability). I'm not saying I wouldn't FL again too. But both ways can be beneficial if you know what you're doing.
Keep considering this too. For me it’d be to manage people / climb ladder. And benefits. I produce a lot as a freelancer so that’s never been an issue. And I’d really miss the freelance pay.
I’m new to freelance and love it so much. Assuming I can keep finding gigs or extending, it will be really hard for me to go back full time. Definitely a bit nervous about stability though
Maybe if I had a health issue and needed work benefits.
In this market, yes. As someone whose career has been split between FL and FT, freelance money is tempting when it’s good, but it’s not as consistent as it used to be. So it probably equals out to FT pay anyway unless you’re consistently booked.