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Hey! Any Google folks know if it’s possible to negotiate fully remote if a contract role is hybrid? Personally, I don’t want to relocate and go to the office on a contract role given the current economy. Plus, I’m assuming contractors are the first to go in layoffs. I just think it’s a fair trade off if I’d be allowed to work fully remote. I’m also trying to have flexibility to manage my Airbnb business in a different country. Same time zone as the home office if I’d travel weeks at a time.
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There’s the saying “good enough for government work” so it’s probably easy to sell mediocre work to them
Filing that under "con"
State lottery is painless relative to private businesses. Odd dynamics with state employees and total lack of
Sophistication but I really enjoy it as one account to work on as part of a portfolio
Pros; healthy budgets and long timelines! Cons: they don’t like taking risks
Long lead time for RFP process. May not find out you win or lose until a year later.
Constantly coming up with great ideas that will all get killed, constantly. It becomes soul sucking after a while and you stop trying hard. Nonprofits etc are better if you want to work on cause related campaigns since there’s more creative freedom. All my government clients make it really tough to sell big ideas but this is also a good challenge sometimes
☝🏽And a new administration can also affect those things
Statutory reviews suck and compliance can be annoying if you prefer a more organic way of working. Biggest recommendation if you’re interviewing on one of those accounts is to find out when the next review is. If it’s far in the future, great. If it’s imminent, stay away unless you’re specifically looking to learn about that process
Worst part is clients aren't savvy marketers. Most come from some unrelated department.
Mediocre work, at best.
Politics. So many things you can and can’t say. And legislation can affect budgets, assignments and who your clients are overnight.
They have been known not to pay their bills