So I have a dilemma… I have a contract gig that’s been going on for a couple of months now. While I search for a full time. Everything is project based of course but, now since projects are slowing down or put on hold there’s no income coming in. On our morning status call we were informed it’s now required to come in with a new “marketing trend” to present. In my mind it equates to free labor. Am I wrong for not participating in this as I’m a contract AD not getting paid to to do this?

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Charge for the time spent looking for the trend and the time you spend in the meeting.

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Yeah this is assumed not billable sadly

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If you are in a meeting you are working, aka you should be billing them.

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Literally anything you do for them is 100% billable.

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Bill them.

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I can’t they don’t consider this a billable job it’s mostly for recreational purposes. If I was full time I would’ve done it in a heartbeat.

“Which job # do i invoice this to?”

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Don’t even attend status unless there is a project you can bill to. Know your worth OP!

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They're asking you to invest in them, clearly expecting a return in the form of new ideas to sell. It's only fair for you to ask them what share of that return you can hope for. Then, the only question is how much risk tolerance you have in investing.

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