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Don’t cave in on your rates! Stay strong! 💪
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Addendum: I pushed back and she caved. Love to you all ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿
Good on you. I’d say this is still worth flagging to someone (their sup, your CD, HR?) because if they’re doing it to you, then they’re doing it to other people. And it’s wrong.
Being on-call counts as paid time for a freelancer. Do not budge one inch. CC their superior.
Thank you all, my outrage meter is swollen with possibility and self-worth
Let them know that a day rate means you are booked all day, regardless of how much work they give you. Awaiting feedback absolutely counts as work and is 100% billable. I have had this issue before and inform them that they are welcome to pay me hourly and I will only bill for the exact hours worked. However, I consider myself available in this case and if someone else asks if I’m free, the answer is yes. Basically, they are paying you to not go somewhere else. My mantra is, “If you’re not paying me, I’m available.”
Yes!!
A good tip in the future is to “bookend” slow days. Send an email in the morning replying to something, just some babble about your thoughts on the project. Then, another email about 15 minutes before EOD, with more thoughts. Boom, you now have an e-trail that you worked that day.
if you’re booked you’re booked
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How about you charge double for that day. For wasting your time awaiting feedback.
If the creative manager is pushing back on your time awaiting client feedback - a standard charge that freelancers are absolutely entitled to for reserving their time - I’d be worried about the agency’s solvency. That’s awful.
She can’t change the number of days you worked this week after the fact.
If she had asked beforehand (“hey, next week we only need you 4 days. Does that work?”), you can have the conversation. But if you accept those terms it’s a dangerous precedent to set.
Yo OP, it’s been a few days. How’d this work out?
Scroll up! But in sum: *logan roy voice* I got my nut
Were you doing anything that could move the project forwards?
Were you brought on as full time?
Do you read?
Call the police! This is attempted robbery!!!!
Yes, unless they have previously stated that they will be waiting for feedback and you won’t be needed on certain days then you can go ahead and charge for every single one. But the exception I mention should be discussed upfront before coming on to the project, and agreed by both parties.
Freelancers are not responsible for the agency’s workflow. If they didn’t give you work that day, it’s on them. Glad you got paid.