I was a freelancer and hated every moment of it. Here's what my experience was like and why I went back to a full-time job.
On October 4, 2021, I ended a 20-month freelance writing experiment in favor of a full-time job, and I couldn't have been more thankful to bring a torturous cycle of overwork and underpayment to an end.
For every minute I spent writing, I spent around 10 minutes doing administrative work, hoping for a response.Instead of the meaningful work I'd sought, I put together compilations of great products to buy on Amazon and reported on federal warnings about booster seats. I learned about designer handbags, curated endless gift guides, memorized hundreds of social media holidays, and learned how to master video editing and search-engine optimization.
I lost count of how many follow-up emails went unanswered when I was seeking payment. The day I started my full-time job, I had $20,000 of unpaid invoices sitting in my outbox — which was an improvement, because the week prior, two publications paid me a total of $9,000 that they'd owed me for three months.
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