The freelancing life has treated me well. It has allowed me to leave a job I hated with co-workers I didn't like. I started doing work for this company (Let's just call them WebCo). about a year ago... The PM liked my work so much that she ended up refering me to another project manager within the same company and the expected me to work 20-30 hours per week on project B while already working 30 hours or so per week on Project A. I said fine, even though this leaves me almost no room to work with my other clients but the pay was good and they don't bother me much so I said sure.
My first project manager then refereed me to another short-term project that was "urgent" and required my full attention, I said fine, figured it was a way to make a quick buck in a few days. I was told the project would end on the 22nd.
So now my project manager from project A is getting antsy because I have not made any progress, PM B is also giving me shit because i'm late with my deliverables even though they both knew I would be taking on Project C.... the PM from project C works for a different agency and has no idea how much work I have and he''s also getting mad because I'm tending to three different projects and he requested me full time, even though his project was supposed to end last week and he's still sending work. All of this while i'm behind on several of my other projects by my other clients.
Two lessons I've learned from this; If you leave your 9-5 to become a freelancer, get ready to work 80 hours a week.
And second, never bite more than you can chew.
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