Top 5 Problems Faced by Freelancers
I guess everyone has heard the phrase "Be your own Boss!", and many people take this as their motivation when the strive to become a successful freelancer. The idea seems perfect, do what you do great, sell your talent in a price that suits you. Smells like the perfect job!
NOPE, BRUH!
Freelancing is almost the other name of "Devaluation of Task". The life of a freelancer is not very pretty if she/he does not follow the rules of staying in the game. Distracting from the distraction let's start our rant on the Top 5 problems faced by Freelancers.
1. Devaluation of Tasks
Freelancer is infamous for it's devaluation as there is no such upper or lower bound on what you can bid, and that's where the problem starts, you may be experienced and determined to deliver the top notch product and then a novice freelancer comes with the zeal to earn some money by selling template based product at a fraction of your proposed rate. Good employers look for the good reviews, portfolios and other important stats but in many cases money speaks louder than everything, thus the suffering begins with the Devaluation.
2. The Ever Increasing Demands
This is not actually a problem only limited to the freelancer circle, but it is seen most in freelancer circle as in freelancing you may be your own boss (in your mind) but your money and living depends on random people; they don't know you usually nor intend to do so thus few things like understanding, extending deadline or simply simplifying the demand or increasing the offered money are almost impossible and takes courage as one misplaced request might cost you your reputation.
3. Fake Projects
Projects with less money or more demands are something that is on the dread list of Freelancers, but then there are Fake/Scam Projects that can make you do a lot and then just stop communication at a middle of something. To be very optimistic the platforms that provide freelancing services takes no valid action against this thus almost encouraging more and more people to post these fake projects as these platforms are getting there usual commission and ads sold.
4. The Commission
For freelancing projects that goes at an average of $27.6 the freelancers pays 16-20% commission to the platform, this may sound OK, but wait right there, have you not been paying a monthly fees for using the platform ? then why is this commission ?
The answer is pretty simple the cost you have been paying each month is for your recognition in the freelancing world, the second amount is if it actually works and you actually get a project that gets you money! Can't blame them just because they are running a virtual market place which is totally money driven, without rules, and indirectly promotes scam.
5. Other Freelancers
Finally, when you accept all these and want to move on you get surrounded by people, insecure people who once tried there best to be the shining star of the freelancer world and ended up being a victim and now just a crony freelancer going from projects to contests pointing out the scams and duplicates and sometimes just for fun to screw up freelancers that aren't in her/his liking. This vigilante service might seem nice and make you say "At least some people value true talent" until they come around and bite you back.
These were only to name the top ones, the world of Freelancer is more savage than liberal. It's like a bandit town with the sheriff himself trying to be the richest of all, but survival is what matters at the last. So if you think you can climb atop all these Freelancing well welcome you with its open arms, now it's up to you whether you will hug or get strangled.
