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I have sympathy for the guy. - He has faced some hardships. - Obviously the Freelancer.com customer support team is giving him the runaround. - It's hard to
by canadev 12y ago
I have sympathy for the guy.
- He has faced some hardships.
- Obviously the Freelancer.com customer support team is giving him the runaround.
- It's hard to see anybody in trouble and not feel bad for them.
I do wonder though, why doesn't he plan better? Having found himself in a tough situation a couple of years ago:
- Why didn't he build some savings before becoming a freelancer? Doesn't he understand that is a really bad idea?
- Why didn't he test the waters of Freelancer.com with a much smaller project? Any time you have some middleman between you and your money it seems like you want to know that they are not going to jerk you around.
At this point, it seems like he should go to one of those "work for cash" places and do some quick manual labor to get at least some of his bills paid off. And then learn how to avoid this sort of situation in the future...
- greenyoda 12y agoMost of his savings were probably wiped out when his house was stolen from him, and the legal fees for the house battle and medical bills from his wife's illness probably ate up the rest. As he mentions in the article, it's hard to plan for a series of catastrophes. It's not clear that manual labor (probably at close to minimum wage) would get him the money he needs faster than finding another freelance job.