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Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | No

Mario Freitas — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:50:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Mario Freitas
Post title: No

This type of question keeps coming up in the polls. We shouldn't be looking for excuses not to work. If a holiday in my country is not a holiday in my client's country, it's a very negative thing to say "hey, no, it's a holiday for me so I can't take this job because I'm not working today.
Of course you can choose what to do with your own time, but you can do that on any day, not necessarily because it's a holiday. And what you tell the client is "I'm overloaded today, sorry".
I will not allow my regular clients to send a job that was for me to my competitors. That wouldn't be very smart.

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | That is the way I consider it

Michael Harris — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:08:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Michael Harris
Post title: That is the way I consider it

[quote]Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:

...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government. [/quote]

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | That's exactly the point

Hedwig Spitzer (X) — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 14:22:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Hedwig Spitzer (X)
Post title: That's exactly the point

[quote]Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:

...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government. [/quote]

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | other

Gianluca Marras — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 14:19:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Gianluca Marras
Post title: other

everybody can choose how to schedule work, holidays, days off, mornings off, ....

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | Freelancing shoulds

Sheila Wilson — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:58:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Sheila Wilson
Post title: Freelancing shoulds

We should do a good, professional job, within the agreed time and cost constraints. We should pay our taxes if we want to be good citizens - but some freelancers may see that differently.

After that we should be free to run our businesses the way we see fit.

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | I too agree...

Sundar Gopalakrishnan — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:52:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Post title: I too agree...

[quote]Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:

...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government. [/quote]

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | I completely agree

Elena and David Dickens — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 11:53:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Elena and David Dickens
Post title: I completely agree

[quote]Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:

...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government. [/quote]

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | Other

neilmac — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 11:24:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Other

There are so many holidays here in Spain that I'd never get any work done! In fact, there's one coming up next Wednesday, and I'm pretty sure I'd rather be working. I'll be taking some time off next September if all goes according to plan. Other than that, I'll decide when I want to work or not, thanks very much.

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | The whole point in being a freelancer...

Muriel Vasconcellos (X) — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 11:04:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
Post title: The whole point in being a freelancer...

...is being free to decide how to use one's time. The freelancer decides; not the client, not the banks, not the local government.

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | Other

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 08:55:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Other

It’s my choice (depends on my workload)! Sometimes I do observe local holidays, others I don’t: we had a holiday yesterday but I worked all day…

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | there's no should in freelancing.

Kay Denney — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 08:45:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Kay Denney
Post title: there's no should in freelancing.

Surely the whole point of freelancing is that you're free to decide when and what?

Like, I don't have to agonise over whether to struggle into the office when I'm not feeling very well.
I might just take time in the week to do some shopping while the shops are relatively empty, then catch up on a translation at the weekend. Same goes for holidays: I delivered an urgent job to a client on 1 Nov this year, at no extra charge because they pay my best rate anyway. I got the job done before my partner even got out of bed, as often when I work weekends, so it's not like my private life even suffers either.

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays? | It depends on the freelancer's own choice.

Samantha Payn — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 08:39:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: Samantha Payn
Post title: It depends on the freelancer's own choice.

Surely it depends on the freelancer's choice? I often choose to work weekends and public holidays because it suits me to arrange my time off according to my wishes. So sometimes I'll work a weekend, and sometimes I'll take a long weekend, or days off during the week.

Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?

ProZ.com Staff — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 08:10:02 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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