The Death of Freelance?
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- jamble0
I went back to fulltime working for a mate in a small (I'm the 3rd person) agency after nearly 3 years fulltime freelance and I did it primarily because I'm now a dad and wanted the stability of being able to budget from month to month.
I found that while working for myself, the difficulty was always banking enough for a rainy day or drop in work and while I was able to save money, some months I was doing great guns and others were quiet in addition to the traditional quiet times of year the agencies didn't call so much last year so nice contract/project jobs dropped off.
I had a really quiet summer (2009) and had to dip into savings which really hit home with a family to support. I think the savings issue and unreliability of income will always be the biggest problem with self-employment.