Every year during December, several people waste my time getting a long consultation and tell me they will pay me next year, usually well after the first of the year. Literally “haha, pay you next year!” Then they get fired before they can hire because working for free for hours isn’t cute or funny. Consultations are work.
I also have a lot of paid and paying business you’re stealing time from by being so short sighted and selfish, and frankly, I don’t appreciate you doing that to al the great and awesome people I work for.
So if you want to get fired, play that pay you next year card. I have plenty of business and I don’t need yours. I think it’s rude and infantile and frankly, I don’t want to work for people who steal that time from my clients or me because they clearly were not raised right.
I already have a really heavy work load with a lot of people getting holiday anxieties and depression and needing me more, and so I’m very busy.
It’s a rough time of year but if you can’t pay me til next year, kindly get on my radar next year. If you need to wait to pay you can wait to get the consultation, allowing me more time for paying and paid business. If you don’t follow this reminder, I’ll fire before you can hire…unless it’s like the last day of December because thats about the only day “pay you next year” is funny.
Thanks for understanding,
~Cat
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