Left full time to go FL this year. Been asked after jobs end if I’m interested in full time, I thank them gratuitously but let them know I want to stay freelance for now (because salaries are so low rn it seems smarter to stick to FL until the market picks up) But should I take the meetings anyway? Even if I know I’m going to turn it down?

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Can’t hurt to hear what they have to say.

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As long as you can keep the freelance gigs rolling, you’ll be making way more money than full time. It’s difficult to go back.

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Take the meetings. It’s good practice and can’t hurt. “I wasn’t looking to go back to FT at the moment, but I’m open to understand what the role entails.” Ask for the money that will make you go back to FT. They can’t match it and they will understand

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Gratuitously? Or gracefully?

Graciously was probably the word I was going for.

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