Freelance work

Freelance or freelancer is commonly used for a someone who is self-employed and not committed to a long-term employer.

You are your own boss

• You are free to work anyway you please and how many hours you like a day

• You do not have someone managing your pay so it’s all up to you to deal with it

You keep the profit

• When working in a job you do the work but only get paid minimal wage but when you’re a freelancer you keep all the profit from the job, but a disadvantage is that dealing with clients yourself can end badly when you get people who just want to cause trouble

Fewer business meetings

• When you are a freelancer you can do whatever you want and don’t have to attend business meetings because if you want to do something you can just do it.

• The negative of this is that you make all the decisions, so any negative things will reflect on you and your work.

With a freelance job you can do what you love and not have to worry about what the employer will think of your ideas, but there are still the negatives of finding people to buy your work and earning the money for it.

Zero hour contract

A Zero hours contract often refers to a casual working arrangement with no guaranteed hours.

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Advantages

• You don’t have to accept the work offered

• You can work with more than one employer

• You are entitled to annual leave and national minimum wage

• Flexible hours

Disadvantages

• Not entitled to maternity leave or redundancy payment

• No guaranteed hours

• Low income

staff photographer

advantages

• You can practice daily, so in future if you decide to become a freelance photographer you will have good practice in setting things up quickly and efficiently, and you get paid while you do it

• It can also help you learn quickly

• It teaches you to create quality images even on a bad day so that it becomes a normality to just keep going with your work

• Healthcare coverage

Disadvantages

• It can be mentally and emotionally draining

• You don’t get a lot of clients as it’s through the company, whereas freelance people spread word and you get more custom

• You don’t get to put your own vision into it

 

Temporary

advantages

• It provides an income while searching for a real job or gaining a qualification before moving on.

• It may give you a chance to test a job or an industry.

• May give you the opportunity to start a career in a new field.

• It fills a gap in experience needed for your dream job.

• It fills a gap in cv’s employment history

• it provides benefits like health insurance

• Sometimes, it opens the door to a permanent job.

Disadvantages

• temp jobs short term.

• Many temp employee’s report feeling isolated and not well-respected by other employees.

• Most of the time you aren’t paid top for what you do

• you may have fewer benefits like sick days and paid vacation

• The manager and employees may not be helpful when you are learning.