Ex-employer loyalty?
Out of context: Reply #21
- Started
- Last post
- 23 Responses
- sintaxera0
Don't do anything for free, even if your current employer recommended you for the job. Who is he to determine what jobs you accept/decline. No way. If they want to keep costs down they can take the photos themselves. Your business (even if it's freelancing on the side) is still a business and should be run as such.
I'll use the same example we've all heard 10,000 times before.....would you expect a doctor, contractor, plumber, mechanic, electrician or anyone else to work for free? No way in hell... of course they wouldn't, and neither should you. It insults all of us when employers/clients think what we do is worthless and can be had for free. When we give it to them for free, it only reinforces that thought in their minds. You get what you pay for...if you're paying nothing, you're getting nothing.
Give them your price and if they don't want to pay, fuck em.
Good luck...