Comments on: Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Employees Part Two

By: Susan Kroupa

Susan Kroupa — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:19:51 +0000

I’m catching up on these excellent posts after being out of town. Great advice at every turn. I wish I could convince my mother, who is quite ill, to take your advice on workers–specifically her doctor–and insist that she be in charge. After a bout in the emergency room because her doctor’s office ignored her call earlier that week (she’s on blood thinners and her urine began to be tinged with blood) she wanted to switch to the doctor who treated her in the emergency room. But she’s staying with her old doctor because he refuses (she thinks) to be fired. (sigh) And I have a long list of friends unhappy with their agents who think they have no choice but to put up with how they’re being treated.

By: Pati Nagle

Pati Nagle — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:16:59 +0000

Great post, Kris.

For all the Freelancer’s Survival Guide readers, this video clip is a great one to watch (I love the guy with the bearskin rug. Yes, it has to do with freelancing):

http://lemonademovie.com/

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:13:55 +0000

Excellent post. Thanks!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:08:57 +0000

I have to say, the one thing I hate doing is hiring people. I LOVE personal references. I know I often end up paying more because I’m not comfortable hiring people. For example, I hired a cleaning service that is a national franchise at twice the price of what you could find an individual person for on craigslist.
I’ll go to Lowes to find a tile installer. Things like that.

Fortunately, in my new neighborhood, everyone knows someone who does something. Now if they would just find someone to rent my old house…