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Only you can answer that since only you know how freelance has been going for you. Personally, given how bad freelance has been for most, I’d grab the FT opportunity
It’s a tough one. How’s the freelance thing been going for you? And which “bad agency” is it if you don’t mind sharing?
In this economy? Take the job. You’ll find a way to make good work.
Depends on how consistently you’re getting FL work and FT interviews.
Too many variables to be able to answer. But generally, I’d say take the job.
I haven’t heard a hard time finding a new job when looking twice the last year and a half. I regret taking my last job actually, I was pretty miserable there. Staying freelance and being pickier about my next role would have made for a much happier last 6 months but financially less stable. Maybe I got lucky though.
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Not enough info here about your position or the position your looking at. Not a great time to bet on the market so taking something guaranteed might not be a bad idea.
Not enough info- but by I’d say both. You will have to work extra hard and be very creative with taking meetings with FL clients (aka off-site on your lunch break). Things are bad out there. Do as much as you can handle without burning yourself out. Be strategic with workload and expectations. I just lost my only 2 clients as a freelancer within 10 days of each other . One was a retainer client and paid ok. I’m frantically looking for more clients. As well as a full time job. So that just might be my desperation speaking out! But also- economically- things are going to get worse. So I’d say do as much as your time and body allows. Best of luck.
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Take the job and keep looking.
I was in this situation before and took a crap agency job for stability. I was Jr freelancing and it was brutal - but always wasn’t very experienced with that world. I did it for more peace of mine.
I hopped ship from the crap agency to a better one three months later. Not the most ethical move, but it helped.
Picture your current understanding of the job market, and the bad agency, exactly in the same place for the next 6 months. Then go out to 1 year. Now, 1 and 1/2 years.
Is your morale likely to be better at a bad agency? Or with no job at all?
Now, picture a decline in both scenarios in 6 months/1year/1.5 years. The job market gets worse. The bad agency is even worse than you thought.
Now do the opposite. There's an uptick in the job market. The bad agency is better than you thought.
Most people would say to take the job, no questions asked. Only you can make that decision. The only opinion that matters is yours. Which are you more likely to regret? Which will hurt you more? Which gamble has the highest potential reward? Which risk will be harder to come back from? Is the worst week of unemployment still better than the best week at a bad job? Or does the worst week at a bad job, outweigh the being in the wind? If you have the right mindset, a strong network, a resilient nature, and a big safety net, you can afford to take more risks.