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• ETM0

  And you have worked to communicate, clarify or establish guidelines? When clients push too much, I push back a little. Usually it's fine if done in a polite, and courteous manner.

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• Gnash0

  Freelance can certainly be like that. But remember, it's not your client that acts like you're available, you make yourself available. Clients will always push as far as you let them push.

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  • yupmoldero
  • < yes ^ yes. Client often come from the school of 'don't ask, don't get' and other cliches. Set some boundaries! Like with a dog.MrT
  • ... dog.MrT

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• Knuckleberry0

  Thanks for the advice

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  Are you working from home? Can't you set hours?

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  • I am working from home, but he calls me at his whim cause he is in meetings all dayKnuckleberry
  • Setting hours is what I am going to do, once I am back from vacation (starting tomorrow)Knuckleberry
  • you don't really need to announce official hours. If he calls after six, let it go to machine. Ring him back in morning.Gnash
  • ... the morning. Same for email. Soon he'll get the idea.Gnash

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