Comments on: How You Leave a Gig is Just as Important as How You Started

By: Tara M. Clapper

Tara M. Clapper — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:05:59 +0000

I had this come up just recently as a result of the editor not explaining his expectations clearly. It was also my fault for not asking more questions. The last thing I said was something about resolution. He paid promptly two weeks later (terms as agreed) and I asked him if he’d be interested in considering an interview I was conducting–on spec. That takes the pressure off of everyone and if he is not interested, I can sell the interview elsewhere.

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By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:24:41 +0000

I recently ended a gig because the client expected far too much for far too little $$$. When he contacted me about an upcoming project, I simply stated that “due to other commitments, I would no longer be able to provide editorial services” for his company and wished him good luck.

By: Anne G.

Anne G. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:01:30 +0000

Most of the time, my jobs end because the site is complete or the company has run out of funding and no longer can afford to pay. Only once have I truly quit and that was because the site owner asked me to start formatting my articles with HTML and uploading them through his software saying it shouldn’t take more than a few seconds extra.

I completed a few using these new steps and it was doubling the amount of time because I now had to create the HTML, keywords, tags and descriptions. When I said I couldn’t do that extra work for the same pay, he balked and said I was being unreasonable and that it really wasn’t that much extra work. Because I was spending more work on his articles than on my other projects that paid better, I knew I had no choice but to finish the few from that batch and then quit.