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I thought so as well, but then I started offering jobs to people I knew hated their jobs and also worked unpaid overtime constantly, with the smallest salaries.
by phreack 5y ago
I thought so as well, but then I started offering jobs to people I knew hated their jobs and also worked unpaid overtime constantly, with the smallest salaries. But for some reason, when offered a 6x salary freelancing, for less hours, with guidance, and the road paved as much as possible, everyone refuses.
Turns out there are people who take shitty jobs on purpose, out of a sense of... I don't know, fear, embarrassment, impostor syndrome, or a combination of them.
*This is not in the US.
- ipaddr 5y agoThey want something stable. Freelancing is not.
- diordiderot 5y agoKids, car, rent, healthcare = Need something stable
- mertd 5y agoMaybe they think the offer is too good to be true. In some countries it is default to assume everyone is out to scam you until proven otherwise.
- pryelluw 5y agoFreelancing is how I broke out of the shit job loop. But freelancing is not widely available and I consider myself extremely lucky and blessed to have been able to do it.
- heavyset_go 5y agoHow many of these people had all of the necessary funds to fall back on should their foray into freelancing not go as planned?
- phreack 5y agoReplying here to sibling posts' concerns as well. All of them in this case did, with no families or major expenses to support, and not a weird scam or pyramid scheme, just standard contract development work where in two or three contractually secured months they'd make what they currently do in over a year. The reason is basically geographical, working for clients abroad is just ridiculously more profitable (think Venezuela). The risk in this case is extremely low, I wasn't looking for referrals either (I'd offered to give it to them if there were any), just genuinely wanted my friends to earn more and work less.