Does anyone here freelance? At anything? I started a couple of weeks ago when this work came through for this place, it's writing copy for this company, won't go into it because I don't wanna get done but I'll just say there's a lot of it and I'm supposed to be paid per unit.
Basically I started and completed about 80 and I was emailed to say I was using inappropriate words that went against their rules, so I stopped using them and offered to fix any that were wrong, no reply. Then about a week later I got another email saying that I was using even more inappropriate descriptions (these aren't dirty by the way they're just adjectives they can't use) so I said ok sorry about that, let me know which ones and I'll fix them but I've already submitted loads of them and they probably contain the same words, no reply.
Now they're finding these older descriptions and saying that they're still having problems with me, I told them I'd already informed them but assured them that all the work I'd done since were ok. Now I've been told that I have to submit everything I do for checking first, given I'm being paid a very small amount and need to do at least 3 an hour to even make it worth it for me I haven't argued and have been reduced to doing only 4 or 5 for the whole day today.
So what I wanna know is, is this normal? can I expect this from everywhere if I freelance? You get told to start some work, do it, get told theres a problem with it (after it's already started) and then keep being accused of flaunting the rules. I already had my doubts about getting paid but they owe me about 500 quid for the work I've done and it just seems like they're preparing excuses for not to pay me, if they do do that, what can I do? I didn't sign a contract or anything, never met any of these people, it's just been emails and one phonecall. I can trace all the emails and the work I've done with dates and times proving that I wasn't informed of the rules and whatever until after I'd already started.
Sorry that's so long but it's proper getting me down, I feel like I'm just setting myself up to get jipped, am I?
Basically I started and completed about 80 and I was emailed to say I was using inappropriate words that went against their rules, so I stopped using them and offered to fix any that were wrong, no reply. Then about a week later I got another email saying that I was using even more inappropriate descriptions (these aren't dirty by the way they're just adjectives they can't use) so I said ok sorry about that, let me know which ones and I'll fix them but I've already submitted loads of them and they probably contain the same words, no reply.
Now they're finding these older descriptions and saying that they're still having problems with me, I told them I'd already informed them but assured them that all the work I'd done since were ok. Now I've been told that I have to submit everything I do for checking first, given I'm being paid a very small amount and need to do at least 3 an hour to even make it worth it for me I haven't argued and have been reduced to doing only 4 or 5 for the whole day today.
So what I wanna know is, is this normal? can I expect this from everywhere if I freelance? You get told to start some work, do it, get told theres a problem with it (after it's already started) and then keep being accused of flaunting the rules. I already had my doubts about getting paid but they owe me about 500 quid for the work I've done and it just seems like they're preparing excuses for not to pay me, if they do do that, what can I do? I didn't sign a contract or anything, never met any of these people, it's just been emails and one phonecall. I can trace all the emails and the work I've done with dates and times proving that I wasn't informed of the rules and whatever until after I'd already started.
Sorry that's so long but it's proper getting me down, I feel like I'm just setting myself up to get jipped, am I?
