To all artists and freelancers out there -- YOU NEED TO SEE THIS!!
Damn, this is so 100% @$#%@^# TRUE!!!! Kaya nakakatawa!
And it's partly our fault for allowing these things to happen. As freelancers kasi, we are always looking for clients, and the clients think that we need them more than they need us -- so they abuse us! Kesyo takot tayo na baka they wont hire us next time kung di tayo makikipag compromise sa kanila, or "kaya yan ng pamangkin ko eh", o "let me consult my wife muna" blah blah blah!
Me and my friends have had countless experiences na gaya nito. And we've learned that we don't really win if we give in to these type of clients. More often than not, they won't really hire us next time anyway kasi one time project lang yung pinagawa nila.
At kaninong tiyan ang kumakalam? For sure, hindi sa kliyente.
So friends, let's do ourselves a favor -- let's not deal with clients like these. We must not undersell ourselves. We should know what our skills are worth, cause if we don't recognize even that, there's no point going freelance.
Let's respect ourselves. Kasi if we don't, sino nalang? And no, lalong hindi ang kliyente, lalo na kung nakikita niyang we second guess ourselves.
Stay away from these clients.
Cause really, it's not worth the grief.
-- di ko naman nilalahat. marami naman ding matinong kliyente. be on guard lang sa mga kliyenteng sakit sa ulo!
titsermay wrote on Jun 27, '09, edited on Jun 27, '09
got involved in a situation similar to the hairstylist's once. met a prospective client online through an e-group and we set a meeting in starbucks. she had an assistant with her. in a lengthy brief, basically what she wanted me to do was conceptualize and write the copy for a brochure for infant formula which, she said, she was submitting for a pitch. okay, i said, feeling confident about my capabilities, and cutting right down to the chase. so, i gave them a breakdown of the work involved, number of days i would need to work on the project, and gave them a quote. she laughed. "oh, you don't understand," she said. "this is a pitch. we're not assured of getting the project." "oh," i said. "so you want me to work for free?" i asked. she went on and on saying that's how it is in the pharma industry that blablabla each project needs to be bidded out blablabla and they have worked with artists that understand the arrangement blablabla and they only get paid after she gets awarded the project. "so how's your batting average?" "i'd say it's good," she said. "but we'd lost some bids, too." "so there's really no way to tell if you're gonna get it?" i asked. was too dumbfounded to think of any more articulate questions. i could hardly believe it was happening to me. "nah," she says. "but i think that's unfair," i say to her face. "that's exploitation. maybe the artists you work with have not much respect for their work, and i can even dare guess they're not from upcfa." they had nothing to say to me after that. i felt i had overstepped my bounds (they had bought my grande cafe mocha after all) as i talked off my head but the strange thing about was that i felt so good as i went on. "you really should pay your suppliers, because whether or not you get the project, they still rendered work. am so sorry for taking too much of your time." next week, i get a call from an ex officemate at JWT. she wanted me to work on her on some pitches for pharma clients. you can just imagine what i told her. i gave her an earful of my thoughts on the matter. had perfected my spiel by then.
