Related Posts
More Posts
Honestly hits a little too close to home

Chicago fishes - have a 2 bed 2 bath available for rent immediately in Lakeview (near Montrose beach). Full amenity building with spectacular views of lake from all rooms, and easy access to public transit. Please DM if interested. Thank you!
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4250-N-Marine-Dr-APT-822-Chicago-IL-60613/3703720_zpid/
Any contract family law attorneys in Kentucky?
How's it like at Anomaly?
hows everyone doing?
Hi all,
I have a offer from Perficient and joining in 2 months time. Question :
1: how is the company in terms of job security and projects? I work with web analytics
2: How is the hike and work life balance.
3: Attrition rate
4: Hike is good but will it be a safer vet like Accenture Operations?
Need some views from people working there.
Thanks in advance.
Is 16LPA low for 5Exp. Devops background
Additional Posts in Advertising
Are we all fucked?

Saturday night live is getting good again.
What’s it like producing at 360i NY?
Chat Bots and Artificial Intelligence. Ok, go!
I got the job. That is all.
Modern problems require modern solutions.

Don’t email me (with questions!) on Saturday 😡
New to Fishbowl?
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.



I’ve been asked to stay full time at almost all gigs I’ve had. Same with a lot of my freelance friends. My point is: having freelanced does not look bad on your resume in any way. If anything, you’ve been exposed to much more variety of clients, briefs and projects - and being a freelancer teaches you to be very adaptable.
There are "freelancers" who are just unemployed and looking for a job and there are people who make a living freelancing. The former are usually easy to spot because they've only been freelancing for a short amount of time and they are constantly posting to LinkedIn that they want a FT gig. The other ones are kind that are actually good at what they do. Sure, they might be looking for FT, but they make enough money to be picky about it. They don't want people to see them as looking for FT but are open to it. Those ones have learned how to adapt quickly to agency cultures. They are self starters. They don't need to be micro managed. They hustle. They help all ships rise knowing they have to be a team player to ever get invited back. They learn diplomacy because that's how they get referrals. Working FT often puts you in a role that you are expected to play without a lot of opportunity to show what you can really do. When you are your own company, you develop soft skills that others might not have.
BUT! If you have 2 equal candidates and one is currently FT and the other is a freelancing, that offer will almost always go to the FT candidate IMO, so I not sure where your question is coming from
@freelance (former Publicis), I think there is a prejudice against long-time freelancers (among hiring managers) because these mgrs. don't realize the extra skills it takes to actually make it as a freelancer for a long time. Hoping to clarify misconceptions.
Freelancing since 2007. Haven’t had a break longer than 2-3 months. I’ve worked at pretty much every major NY agency. Every type of project. All types of teams/personalities. How is that not an asset??
I get full time offers from almost every place I freelance at. Then we have “the talk” and they desist. The talk is basically “you can’t afford me AND you’re never going to give me enough time off "
Before I went freelance, I was definitely one of those "dude is only freelance because he sucks" kind of people. I guess we all need to get together and rebrand ourselves and launch a pro-freelancer campaign
At this point I would need to make MORE money as FT because the way I see it it’s a lifestyle downgrade... so they better make up for it with dollars
The talent pool in advertising is incredibly shallow right now, and having taught at the ad schools of the world - it’s not getting better anytime soon. (Sorry kids!)
In all honesty, my most talented friends, ex-colleagues and ex-bosses have already left to go in-house or to freelance (and by doing so, triple their salary).
The agencies are done for, so if you have a decent book and is a decent human being, don’t sweat it. Occasionally, an opportunity might not work out here or there, but this industry is desperate for people who can help it stay relevant.