freelance holidays?
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- ladybuggin
When you are freelancing in design, is it normally expected that you would take holidays? ie. thxgivin thurs + fri....
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- ********0
I'll be freelancing at my local dive bar looking for fun
- rasko40
you are a freelancer, so when you take time off you are not getting paid, so you do what you want and can afford.
- bulletfactory0
I'll be freelancing at my local dive bar looking for fun
JazX
(Nov 22 05, 06:34)
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i've got an exclusive contract with mine.but seriously...... take the holiday, you can bet your ass that the client will.
- honest0
my freelancers are a seasonal lot, they do a lot of surfing and skiing when they find a lapse in work.
- tkmeister0
take time off whenever. but let them know you are taking time off.
don't do "no show, no call".
:)
- Sven_sk0
i guess it depends what you have to get done and when.
last year i was working on a freelance ad campaign for diageo
and felt i needed to work on it
as we were to present on wednesday of the following weekso i went to my familys house, ate thanksgiving dinner, hung out for a minute, excused myself by saying to had work to do and went home and worked.
you do what you have to do to get the job done well. even if it means working late nights, weekends, holidays and whatever else.
- ldww0
whateveryone else said, it all depends on the work load.
i am fulltime freelance, so its not real real freelance. but i work about 230 days a year. i get paid on a daily rate thou, so i take off as little days as possible.
- Sven_sk0
whateveryone else said, it all depends on the work load.
i am fulltime freelance, so its not real real freelance. but i work about 230 days a year. i get paid on a daily rate thou, so i take off as little days as possible.
ldww
(Nov 22 05, 07:41)just out of curiousity what is your daily rate? if you would rather not say, thats cool.
just trying to get an idea if my full-time position or freelancing would be more lucrative.
- ldww0
sorry i do not disclose my salary. not even my mommy knows :)
if you are working inhouse freelance (like i) just estimate what you want to make a year taking into consideration you will have to pay health insurance. also depending on where you work you may have to pay your own taxes. luckly i do not because it is taken out of my check so i do not have to deal with filing self employment tax. after all that is added up, then simply divide by 230. this is about the average workload for full time freelance.
- tkmeister0
dude, u work 230days a year? that's a lot.
i do my math based on 190days a year.
- piperboytoy0
no holidays for you!
Honestly, i never took holidays unless i was going away, if you are busy then it's wise to just work.
- ldww0
230 is pretty standard for a fulltime "permalancing" position. i did quite a bit of reaserch before coming up with a salary requirement.
think about it, 52 weeks / year. 5 days / week. thats 260 days. that leaves 30 days for holidays and vacation.
- davey_g0
It's up to you man...roll with them punches!