Respect: Freelance vs Full Time
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- desmo
In your opinion, do you think freelancers get less respect from the general public then from 'normal' full timers?
I find that when I tell people I freelance full time, they think its some sort of easy peasy, after work job where I can do whatever I want and wake up at 2pm for 'work'. Doesn't seem like everyone is aware of how common the freelance lifestyle is nowadays.
Anyway, just wondering what your thoughts are.
Cheers!
- akrok0
GET A JOB!
- k_temp0
I think the term "full time" means a more stable profession and income. People, in general, tend to favor stability.
So, yes, it portrays as "easy peasy."but hey! you can say you've traveled to Atlantis and ridden a sea horse chariot!
- hah.. for me Fulltime means being laid off soon with no network, stuck in a cube hell office!vaxorcist
- cannonball19780
| | amt of fulltime respect
| | amt of freelance respect
| | resepect you probably want anyway- WHAT THE SHIT it took out all my spacescannonball1978
- thats the web for you.Amicus
- abettertomorrow0
Don't say freelance. Say "I run my own business"
- < - Also, on tax forms, I always like writing "President."arthur
- hahaProjectile
- cannonball19780
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- nobody cares anymore.CanHasQBN
- you do not speak for nobodycannonball1978
- akrok0
if you freelance, you could say you run your own studio/firm. sounds bigger. might get more respect then.
- timelineabettertomorrow
- LOL @abettertomorrowk_temp
- Instant Timeline!fyoucher1
- haha. hell yes.akrok
- Pixter0
Why not join both worlds?
Making Your Case for Telecommuting: How to Convince the Boss
http://www.quintcareers.com/tele…- Easier said than doneMSTRPLN
- harder than you think when you have to adhere to strict 9 til 6 rulesNot_Just_Another
- letterhead0
When telling people I was a freelancer I would often get a "well, that's OK!" like people were feeling sorry for my loss or something. haha
- PonyBoy0
if you're good at what you do and you're not a prick... you'll be respected...
... those who don't 'respect you' are merely jealous that you get to sit at home on your ass stoned watching episodes of the A-team in no particular order while you decide if you feel like working today or not
- fyoucher10
Technially, as a freelancer, you're a small business...you have many more shoes to fill than a FT employee (you're your own Marketing Dept, Project Manager, Accounting, etc).
You could be a 'hired gun'...when the in-house team just doesn't cut it.
or you could say you're a freelance Rockstar!
- Say your self-employed. That's what I say.fyoucher1
- 'Rockstar' is good... then there's 'Visionary' and let's not forget 'Guru'PonyBoy
- And Ninja...fyoucher1
- self-employed sounds worse the freelance imoProjectile
- How's that? You run your own business. Sounds like an accomplishment to me.fyoucher1
- bjladams0
- WTFabettertomorrow
- He's got anger issues.fyoucher1
- i think its written by a chic. some valid points between the language thoughbjladams
- couldn't get over the pic. closed
spellcheck - I think the article is dead on.404NotFound
- nocomply0
I think the amount of respect you get depends on the person who you tell and how well they know you.
Personally, I don't really care what people think of me. I'm too busy actually doing my job. Which is freelancing. Full-time. Plus overtime.
- raf0
This just in http://remote-jobs.com/
- i_monk0
Graphic designers get respect from the public?
- duhsign0
^ haha, true.
Same same. All the worlds a stage, some are just better actors than others.
- Miguex0
Why care what other people's think? you have your reasons to running your own business right? If you want to wake up at 3pm and work wearing your pajamas is no concern of your client as long as you deliver what you promised on time and on budget.With some clients it takes time to get them to trust you, because there are a lot of flakes out there, no matter what you do, full time or freelance, trust will need to be earned.
- DaveO0
Freelance life does seem more appealing, especially when you hardly ever get any days off working for a company.
I din't know if i'm cut out for freelance just yet, I get obsessive about when I'm going to get paid – which is not good for anyone.
- Hey, I was exactly the same when I started, but the freedom far outweighs when you get paid.robulation
- Ancillary0
Depends if you're one of those freelancers who's killing it.
There're heaps of hot property freelancers around who everyone's after. They just choose the best jobs, rock up, blow everyone away and take the cash.
- newuser0
well if you're not good enough for a full time job.........
- oh that's low..
Miguex - but thats what people think. been there.newuser
- I hate that. But where I've been freelancing they have full respect for us!robulation
- flipside thinking. Grow a spine, wage slave.babaganush
- oh that's low..