Cashing in?
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- vaxorcist0
check the corporate culture... you may feel like a domesticated animal in a room full of cube drones and endless meetings with people from another universe... agency life is A LOT different than corporate life sometimes.....
After a few months, you'll either do maintenance, or some totally different in-house intranet projects with lots of meetings,etc....
- eating_tv0
Bounce, bounce, baby!
- hallelujah0
if business has been just as good lately, I would stay with freelance, because it will probably grow
- tasty0
Inhouse rebrand will turn into website maintenance and eventually being let go.
Can you contract with them as a freelancer for 6 months?
- desmo0
how would having a long term, large air condition company on a cv look? its not as impressive as having an agency with fancy name brands on it, is it? you think it will put off potential clients/employers down the road?
- cannonball19780
sold out
- MrDinky0
do both.
hire / partner with a friend to manage. work day at fulltime and part time at freelance
- utopian0
I just took a full-time job at McDonald's, 190k/year and some company benefits.
- raf0
The benefits of in-house work are usually good money and lots of qbn-ing, if you're into this sort of things.
You don't learn too much though and it's rarely worth staying too long with the company.
If you ever plan to join a design studio/agency, they don't care much about in-house work.
Is it worth losing your current clients? I doubt so. It definitely is worth trying to work out an in-house fixed contract with the company, ie. 3-4 days a week. This way you still have the time to keep your current clients and possibly can charge the company what you'd get working with them full-time.
- Douglas0
add another zero and take the AC job.
- Iggyboo0
I agree use this as terms for a contract unless you want to stay there for longer than 12 weeks. truthfully if you enjoy freelance you'll miss it.
- boobs0
Air conditioning sounds like a real drag. $20K for the huge commute won't even pay you for the extra time (10 hours/week!) and the increased auto costs. Plus being your own boss is priceless. So tell the air conditioning twats to drop dead.
- Sugary0
I dunno, you can buy a really nice air conditioner for $20K...
and then if you get laid off you can do your freelance in AC FTW!
- Peter0
What Dinky said.
Set something up with friends. There's no reason to drop your clients just because you get extra busy. You got friends, right?
And as a feelgood note: USD20K (and that only) is what some designers in Tokyo make a year.
I call those people entry-level. Still, it's fun to put things in perspective.
- duckofrubber0
Yes, negotiate a long-term contract with them. You will be happier. They will save money. Win-win. Just make sure that it's worth your while!
- fyoucher10
Why not just try to get their job as a freelance project. They might be hiring you fulltime instead of freelance b/c it's cheaper to hire someone FT. When their project is done, you'll most likely be laid off and back to freelance without air conditioning.