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Never happened to me. I just charge them my day rate. They want to flake on a meeting, they’re welcome to. At the end of the day, I’m just a hired gun. But if my time is contracted to them, they’re getting a bill. That’s good motivation to have things for me to do. If they don’t wanna take my advice, that’s their prerogative. The money is green either way.
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^ This is the way. Always. Money is what freelance is for.
“You don’t want to ______? Fine. F*** you, pay me.”
—- Henry Hill; “Goodfellas.”
Freelance isn’t for people with an ego. It’s for people who want to make as much money as possible for their skills and trade. I’ll happily take my hourly rate day in and day out for people to cancel meetings on me. Especially in this economy.
Please telll your client they can hire me.
I think both things are true. Mostly I am there to help them as much as they want me to and charge them money. But two times in five years of doing this I have walked off of projects, one because I hated the client and one because they got funny about the money. You are running your own business, it’s up to you to decide how much you can take.
I hear what you folks are saying. Getting paid is a good policy. But I think I just have a different metric for success when it comes to my business. I’ve spent decades positioning myself as an expert and as a high-level problem-solver. For me, respect is more important than money (or love) and when a client shows a lack of respect for my process or my skills, I have no desire to put up with their lack of understanding. I learned a long time ago that I don’t need to work for everyone. The clients who respect what I offer stick around, they tell their friends, and they pay a premium, too. I have plenty of work so there’s no need to do substandard work because a client demands it. Your mileage may vary.
I don’t know how to work less hard. ;-)
I get what you're saying. It happens. When I started out, it was all about the money. Now that I'm much further along in my business and my career I value time more than money and that comes from respectful clients. I try to balance the two, but I'm past taking sh$t to get that money. I believe what you're speaking to is really a larger issue with consulting in general where consultants don't respect their time and have boundaries with clients. And so it manifests in things like disrespectful or abusive clients, late payments, etc. because we don't address the root. All that to say, I've fired clients before, during, and after working together. You're not alone. Just sounds like you found your limits. Nothing wrong there. It's a level of clarity few have about themselves.
You get it… thanks.
I don’t think anyone is disagreeing with walking away from a client. I think it’s the reasons why in the original post that is throwing some of us