Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? Penyiaran jaluran : ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | Samantha Payn 
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:43
Ahli (2008)
Bahasa Rusia hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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| It depends on the freelancer's own choice. | Dec 2, 2017 |
Surely it depends on the freelancer's choice? I often choose to work weekends and public holidays because it suits me to arrange my time off according to my wishes. So sometimes I'll work a weekend, and sometimes I'll take a long weekend, or days off during the week.
| | | | Kay Denney
Perancis
Local time: 07:43
Bahasa Perancis hingga Bahasa Inggeris
| there's no should in freelancing. | Dec 2, 2017 |
Surely the whole point of freelancing is that you're free to decide when and what?
Like, I don't have to agonise over whether to struggle into the office when I'm not feeling very well.
I might just take time in the week to do some shopping while the shops are relatively empty, then catch up on a translation at the weekend. Same goes for holidays: I delivered an urgent job to a client on 1 Nov this year, at no extra charge because they pay my best rate anyway. I got the job d... See more Surely the whole point of freelancing is that you're free to decide when and what?
Like, I don't have to agonise over whether to struggle into the office when I'm not feeling very well.
I might just take time in the week to do some shopping while the shops are relatively empty, then catch up on a translation at the weekend. Same goes for holidays: I delivered an urgent job to a client on 1 Nov this year, at no extra charge because they pay my best rate anyway. I got the job done before my partner even got out of bed, as often when I work weekends, so it's not like my private life even suffers either. ▲ Collapse
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It’s my choice (depends on my workload)! Sometimes I do observe local holidays, others I don’t: we had a holiday yesterday but I worked all day…
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
Amerika Syarikat
Local time: 22:43
Bahasa Sepanyol hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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| The whole point in being a freelancer... | Dec 2, 2017 |
...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government.
| | | | neilmac
Sepanyol
Local time: 07:43
Bahasa Sepanyol hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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There are so many holidays here in Spain that I'd never get any work done! In fact, there's one coming up next Wednesday, and I'm pretty sure I'd rather be working. I'll be taking some time off next September if all goes according to plan. Other than that, I'll decide when I want to work or not, thanks very much.
| | | | | I completely agree | Dec 2, 2017 |
Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government.
| | | | | I too agree... | Dec 2, 2017 |
Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government.
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Sheila Wilson
Sepanyol
Local time: 06:43
Ahli (2007)
Bahasa Inggeris
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| Freelancing shoulds | Dec 2, 2017 |
We should do a good, professional job, within the agreed time and cost constraints. We should pay our taxes if we want to be good citizens - but some freelancers may see that differently.
After that we should be free to run our businesses the way we see fit.
| | | | Gianluca Marras
Itali
Local time: 07:43
Bahasa Inggeris hingga Bahasa Itali
everybody can choose how to schedule work, holidays, days off, mornings off, ....
| | | | Hedwig Spitzer (X)
Peru
Bahasa Perancis hingga Bahasa Sepanyol
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| That's exactly the point | Dec 2, 2017 |
Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government.
| | | | Michael Harris
Jerman
Local time: 07:43
Ahli (2006)
Bahasa Jerman hingga Bahasa Inggeris
| That is the way I consider it | Dec 3, 2017 |
Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government.
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 02:43
Ahli (2014)
Bahasa Inggeris hingga Bahasa Portugis
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This type of question keeps coming up in the polls. We shouldn't be looking for excuses not to work. If a holiday in my country is not a holiday in my client's country, it's a very negative thing to say "hey, no, it's a holiday for me so I can't take this job because I'm not working today.
Of course you can choose what to do with your own time, but you can do that on any day, not necessarily because it's a holiday. And what you tell the client is "I'm overloaded today, sorry".
I wil... See more This type of question keeps coming up in the polls. We shouldn't be looking for excuses not to work. If a holiday in my country is not a holiday in my client's country, it's a very negative thing to say "hey, no, it's a holiday for me so I can't take this job because I'm not working today.
Of course you can choose what to do with your own time, but you can do that on any day, not necessarily because it's a holiday. And what you tell the client is "I'm overloaded today, sorry".
I will not allow my regular clients to send a job that was for me to my competitors. That wouldn't be very smart. ▲ Collapse
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