Comments on: Free Advice Friday: This Job, Not That Job

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:21:54 +0000

That's sort of the converse of when someone goes on and on about how quick and easy something they want you to do is, and you want to say, "If it's so simple, why not do it yourself?" And they could have in the time it took them to tell you how simple it is!

By: Lori Widmer

Lori Widmer — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:15:35 +0000

Jenn, thanks again for sending this one over. It really is a good example of an awful deal.

Don't you love the "I can't do it, but it's not really worth all that much for you to do it for me" reason? It makes no sense.

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:41:03 +0000

Ooh, and don't forget that this guy doesn't even know how often he'll pay you. You could be expected to do a month's worth of work before you see a cent!

This is the kind of ad I almost want to respond to just to tell him where he can stick it.

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:34:11 +0000

Of all the garbage in this posting, what really stood out to me was the way the poster considered this a part of their "work" load, yet something to be done in someone else's spare time. So it's too much of a burden for them to do it themselves anymore, but so unimportant that it's a spare time activity for anyone else, worth no more than a buck or two? Please.