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I was so stressed when my contract ended 11/11. I was like Fack, really? Right before the holidays? No way I'm going to get another gig before Christmas.
After a week and a half I got a contract that was also a $5 an hour raise that would carry me through the end of the year and even longer if I wanted. But, today I received a staff offer at another agency for an amount I was prepared to have to fight for. A slight cut from contract work -- but there is always time in between jobs so my rate over time not worked goes down anyway. But, the benefits! Health, dental, and vision benefits fully paid for by the company as well as life insurance. I haven't had health insurance in over a decade. 401k if I want to participate and profit share deal points that could really give me a nice bump. They want me to start January 4th! I'm so stoked.
I'm mostly looking forward to not having the stress of hunting down my checks which is why I decided, I'm going to hang up full time freelancing for a while and when I return I'll be less of a doer and more of a consultant with more executive cred and probably a hellava lot of certs under my belt.
Meanwhile, I got an email from VICE and they want to interview me. (◎⌑◎) When it rains, it pours. But, their Glassdoor reviews are scary. Anybody here work there before?
- christmas has come early!hans_glib
- Congratulations... Good to be in demand and great time to get good newsdee-dubs
- Amazing time to get good news, break up and all, because I had no idea how I was going to make ends meet alone without a runway.shellie
- congrats!oey
- an employer can pay to remove bad reviews. So the fact they dont speaks a lot. They have been brought out buy so I'd go against this.mugwart
- after a lifetime' in big VFX companies I'd say go with a company that looks after their employees. That means your more a mindset to work on your own projectsmugwart
- You're 100% right mug. I have a handful of personal projects I want to give time to so work/life balance is very important.shellie
- Always up for good news, great to hear!helloeatbreathedrive