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Laylah77
So familiar
sangatiche
"I need this VHS in PDF by tomorrow" -- True story.
Paxlie
I am a backend programmer. Try telling someone that adding a checkbox to a really complicated framework I did not build takes 120 hours. :(
XedtheRed
Someone once attempted to use my 3d demo reel to them as their own in house work...Lawyer got an easy check.
Greypuppy
Well, Artist, we'd like you to do all the thumbnails/posters/ad art for the project, and while we can't pay you, you'll get EXPOSURE!!"
Smallbrownrabbit
It will be great for your portfolio...
BoyCharlottes
Just got told that the other day
mentalcaries
even with high-priced consulting firms, you get clients like this.
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Ihaveonetesticle
One time a guest lecturer had to keep calling in the I.T guy because she kept right clicking everything and wondered why it was so confusing
Flossugar
Complains about customers requesting all caps, makes post in all caps. Imgurpostsfromhell.net
Wifwolf
THIS MADE MY HEAD BURST.
Locolarue
Why were you jerking off to this...?
Wifwolf
Not that head my dear.
TheAngryBang
Holy fuck i had the worst boss that wanted to put a cam in my office. Me and other manager broke 3 phones over 6 months thru various fights
TheAngryBang
Argueing with the boss, that is. We all banded against him in matters. Super micro managing- which is why he wont ever flourish
ChrisTallant
These make me cringe from the old freelance days.
triscuit3000
I'm doing freelance stuff right now. This just makes me sad anymore.
locuspocus
As a law student all I see are law suits.
FreyaNicci
"What do you mean, we can't use your copyright material for our own website!? That's outrageous!"
Daloth
"I dropped the thing you fixed two days ago again. I want it fixed for free now because clearly it broke because of how you fixed it"
awkwardbeautiful
It's things like this which cause aneurisms
DWandRFaremyspiritbeings
IT equivalent: "I immediately redownloaded the viruses that broke my pc last time. Fix it for free this time since I already paid once."
JakeMcAwesome
https://imgur.com/YnBUPzd
veryhungrycaterpillar
"I want quality but I don't want to spend a lot. No beginners." Ahhh, sounds like so many of my clients when I practiced law.
CanItBeFiredWithAnErection
My old CEO preferred all caps. His name in LinkedIn is in all caps. The entire company website is in all caps. The company NAME is all caps.
Gefahrnudel
This is why I gave up on my Graphic Design dream. They just don't appreciate the work that goes into it. :(
Shikariii
As a graphic designer, UGHHHHH this is my life now.
Gefahrnudel
God bless your viking soul
Helipad0451
I've been on both sides of this, with subcontractors who did nothing and expected $50 an hour, and clients who expected everything for free.
Helipad0451
Also worked for a TV station that used ~20 year old tech (on floppies!) and stole literally every graphic from Gettyimages sample pages.
Helipad0451
When confronted about the questionable legality of our broadcast graphics, my manager said, "We won't worry about it unless they catch us."
Helipad0451
Which of course meant "WHEN they catch us we'll throw YOU under the bus." Forced unpaid OT, no breaks, no insurance...easiest "I quit" ever.
whatupmyknitters
i dabbled in tech work and this shit is why i turned right back around and left.
questcequefuck
There's an amazing Twitter handle that shares a lot of these. https://twitter.com/forexposure_txt
FrankiesGirl
"But you're using a computer! Isn't there a button you can hit that just does everything?" - a former boss
BradleyHumble
The hexcode one got me
gardenofsushi
One of my design professors said that most graphic designers burn out by age 35. I didn't believe him at the time, now I know better.
mynameisnotalice
Working a few days for a graphic designer, artist, illustrator, ... should be mandatory if you want to get in a position to hire some.
RustyNeX
when money is involved people are either at their most assholishness or stupidest
Roserapaine
one time, I was on the phone with a medical insurance company... he asked for the state I lived in and the zip code and for some reason(1/2)
Roserapaine
I thought he said State ID number and Vic Code. I was so confused but eventually figured out what he meant. God I'm retarded (2/2)
Mercpkt
Gotta set clear boundaries with people when it comes to money, especially when your putting risk to your livelihood.
aTokenOfMyExtreme
Ash-olishness
Voydom
Honestly the most gut wrenching feeling I got was when I saw amazing project be destroyed by firm politics. I worked on it for 3 years and..
Voydom
It had potential to be applied to subsidaries all around EU, but because the leadership changed and new one was not willing to continue...
Voydom
Project I have been working on for 3 years just got fucked. New lead was willing to write off a huge investment just to make a statement.
mynameisnotalice
:( What was the project about if I might ask?
Voydom
It was time and resource management app. Lots of roles with different level of access to various entities, very thick validation and more.
Justanothersubguy
I'm a freshman in college right now, and these stories are making me think twice about going through the entirety, and not through a tree.
shhep
VR or 3D printing bruh. It's just beginning and there's already a fuckton of great work to be done.
Mithi
You just have to be VERY upfront about that money, even at the 'risk' of not getting a contract.
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DoublevBomb
"We're Boomers" - most/all of these
Munchman347
The 'Boomers' aren't ordering IT jobs from the nursing home. Find a new group to blame for your failure to succeed...
BoyCharlottes
Generational thinking as a whole isn't good, but it is true that older people usually look down on the SUCCESSFUL careers of today.
DoublevBomb
Most of them are still in the workforce, many being in upper management. They're only just starting to retire at this point.
Themanwiththegoldenbun
I remember working tech support and a customer called to say their modem wasn't working. They had it in the back of their car and expected 1
rabidCOVIDphysician
Realized I had to teach myself how to set up my modem and router. Setting up and using basic utilities should probably be taught in school.
AdamantSea3
Y
Hoojamufasijer
I've had a guy say his ipad couldn't connect to the internet while on chat support with me on the ipad.
escpoir
In Finland we have those modems. Battery lasts 5-7 hours.
PeepBunnies
We do too, but I almost can't believe someone would take a wired modem (without a power source) and expect it to work like one.
Themanwiththegoldenbun
To get wifi on the road. 2
rmuinyeg
Automatomatic
User's desk phone wasn't working and she said the display said "off hawk" when it said hook. An adult learned the word "hook" that day.
WallpaperProblems
Lies I tried this once and the internet got working, you just have to use imaginary Wifi!
Chpgmr
just use all the wifis around town
Burke616
I work in a grocery store. Can't tell you how often I hear "I got it here last week" for shit we have never carried.
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
One of my client's head of IT called me because their internet didn't work. "Well, you do our website, don't you?!" *facepalm*
inkgrrl
Oh yeah. That happens. Repeatedly. So glad I don't do that kind of work anymore.
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
I still do, but I work at a company now (used to be selfemployed), so I don't have to deal with clients directly anymore.
UndeadGopher
$30 for 2 years? Its nice to see D.C.'s been raising their wages for artists.
mynameisnotalice
I earned about 8$ in two years :D But I only wrote one short story and it took me 10 hours max.
ThatBatmanFappingGIF
I assume that's satire.
GuardsmanMiku
i dont see anything wrong with those wages. Hell after 2 years, they might even have the first frame of their comic!
Noblert
I assumes it was $k
serpentinebaboo
I thought /hr? Really confused.
asm80dfa8sdfj
The $1.25 part makes me question it
JC0G
I guess it was either a miscommunication where he meant 1250 a month instead of 1.25, or it was a kid who thinks thirty bucks is a lot.
atesomebadfugu
"I thought since we were friends, you wouldn't charge me."
Wolfendesign
$20 is $20!
SpaceMarineWithAnUrgeToPurge
livingthedream
"Oh you have an idea for an app? Cool my rate is $75/hour" Usually stops them form asking.
BlunderbussVigilante
Not the F-word! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yFFBBFqe-E
alwaysL8
"I thought since we were friends, you'd want to give me a bonus."
mirria
"I'm paying you in experience!"
atesomebadfugu
"You'll meet a lot of contacts for future work!"
MandatoryEyeRoll
"You're an artist? I had this AMAZING story idea in high school. We should work together even though I've never written a thing in my life!"
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
You'll do it for the exposure, right?
ShitPissFartWoods
Yes.
presidentjoebiden
"Oh you write code?! Omg, I totally had this sick idea for a game, you should totally help me" help always = free labor >:| fuck people
MfxBloodxBath
I completely see where your coming from but as a guy who use to say that, it was never (at least for me anyways) intended as 1/2
MfxBloodxBath
Free labor, it was just I didn't know how much time and skill it took to do something like that until I seen it done.
MfxBloodxBath
2/2 sorry
g3istbot
My friends brothers girlfriend is a graphic artist. I asked her to do a logo for my podcast, she seemed surprised I offered to pay upfront.
g3istbot
She was even more surprised that I offered something reasonable. It's weird how people don't respect that kind of work.
Bugleisthebomb
They're used to being shit on, I have friends who are graphic artists, it sucks
CreativelySaid
"C'mon, it'll only take you two minutes!" Yeah, fuck you too Julio.
MinorityRetort
Even if that's true, it's the X years of skill building that allows you to do it in 2 mins that they (should be) paying for.
WoeToHice
BluLuna
Had an artist block and decided to draw an icon for a friend. Came out nice! She approved, then sent me a to-do list with due dates. No.
natedogg8393
As a photographer, this one pisses me off.
Mogynz
A friend of a friend approached me to design a logo for his bakery. After I gave him a price I never heard from him again.
craz3d
As a lawyer, this happens often
Slamtastik
Its outrageous how much lawyers charge. My uncle just died and orphend my 17 year old cousin, spent like 50k in lawyer fees.
QuadrumanousCuddler
So this doctor is at a birthday party, and he's being hassled with medical questions and being asked to look at moles and whatnot, and ->
QuadrumanousCuddler
Really not enjoying himself. He sits down by his friend and says "you're a lawyer, I'll bet you can relate. Everyone keeps bothering me ->
QuadrumanousCuddler
With medical questions, but I just want to mingle and eat cake. Nobody's asking *you* for legal advice; how do you do it?" The lawyer ->
QuadrumanousCuddler
Says "I take names and send bills. They either call to complain and I direct them to make an appointment with my receptionist or they ->