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Category: This Job Not That Job

  • Writers Worth: This Job, Not That Job

    I’ve finally found it. I have found the worst freelance writing gig ever. It’s been a minute since we’ve looked at some of the schlock out there that people are trying to pass off as freelance writing gigs. It’s not because things are getting better — far from it — but because there is simply…

  • Freelance Writing WTF: This Job, Not That Job

    Sometimes in freelance writing, you just have to go with your first reaction, hence the WTF in today’s post title. Because it’s a true WTF moment. This is the message I received on LinkedIn offering me a freelance writing gig. And it’s bad enough that it’s perfect for my ongoing This Job, Not That Job…

  • When is a Freelancer Not a Freelancer?

    Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Looking for writers with a background in digital news reporting to write for us on a freelance basis. We would need 40 hours per week and the hours would be 9-to-5. See anything wrong with that? You should. And your obvious follow-up question to the job poster…

  • Writers Worth: This Job, Not That Job

    You know, someday I hope that the world will sort itself out and that freelancers will shun the crap that is posted on job boards. Alas, that is not happening today. Thanks to Paula Hendrickson, who shared this particularly ridiculous job listing that came to her via a friend. And while this one pays better…

  • Writers Worth: This Job Not That Job

    The title of this post should be This Job and Definitely NOT That Job. Thanks to this post over at Filthy Dreams blog, I think the world has landed on what is possibly the worst job on the planet. I mean, everything I’ve ever shared her could not possibly touch the level of bad this one…

  • Writers Worth: This Job, Not That Job

    Oh, FFS. Maybe job posters haven’t read yet about The Great Resignation. Maybe they think that writers are really that damn desperate for work that they’ll work for pennies. Literal pennies. Such is the assumption one hapless job poster has made in this job sent to me by Paula Hendrickson. The assumption is that we’re…

  • Freelance Follies: This Job, Not That Job

    And the madness continues. In a slow month in which I’m poised to earn over $10K, there is still proof that some job posters think that writing is a fire-sale endeavor. Thanks to my chum Sharon Hurley Hall, I was alerted to this job. Well, let’s not call it a job. It’s more of a…

  • Freelance Follies: This Job, Not That Job

    Last week I wrote an article for a client: 600 words, $600. I thought I’d preface this month’s This Job, Not That Job by telling you that. It’s proof that yes, you can make more for your efforts than what you’re offered in some job listings. This particular listing came from writer and chum Sharon…

  • Another Writers Worth: This Job, Not That Job

    You know that feeling you get when you see a freelance writing job listing that just takes your breath away — but not in a good way? Writerly chum Mary Schneider sent this one over last week. Honestly, it took me a day to digest it, mainly because something this rotten can cause lots of…

  • The Rise of the Volunteer Freelance Gigs

    In case anyone missed this, we’re in a bit of a tight labor market. Too many workers, not enough work. Unfortunately, that means there is also an equally disturbing increase in job listings aimed at freelance writers that are abominable at best. But there’s an uptick in yet another disturbing facet of the “get writing…