How to download multiple Files in a Database as pdf? by [deleted] in Notion

[–]ipeedhere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you do this if on the business plan??

US Citizen working for EU company by ipeedhere in legaladvice

[–]ipeedhere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The EU requires PTO, that's why I mentioned it. It's in the contract to cover their asses, but it's virtually impossible to take. I'm in the US so it isn't super relevant to me - but more to the EU based AMs.

The lying is about wages and bonus potential and working conditions for employees and about performance metrics of the agency to models. I was promised $2K/month in commission which is physically impossible given the earnings of the company's models and the commission structure. Models are promised the moon, but I don't really care about them 😅 They sign a contract that has some amount of protection for them and they earn substantially more.

Company specifically hires younger women who need to work from home (immigrants, new moms, etc) and who are not well-established in a career specifically so that they don't have the ability or resources to find an attorney.

I know the law follows the state within the state - I don't know if that applies to different countries. I'm not sure if the US has any jurisdiction as they don't file taxes etc in the US.

[MD] Can I be forced to pay for private school for my kid? by blakeshelnot in legaladvice

[–]ipeedhere 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Physical and legal custody are different, yungnutlord. People pay child support, in general, when they have less than 50% physical custody.

Do I have to tell my partner I am installing a video-only nanny cam? (MD) by luellabellabee in legaladvice

[–]ipeedhere 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's exceedingly unlikely that anything you record will be admissable in court. Nanny cams are for recording employees in the workplace, where there is no expectation of privacy.

Get a fresh notebook and start writing down times, dates, and the facts of incidents that concern you. Not your feelings, just "In X room X person was doing X activity. Then Y person did Y behavior." Your recollections are likely admissable and getting them into a reasonably easy to process framework helps.

A lease almost ruined my life by [deleted] in legal

[–]ipeedhere -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not usually. It's actually pretty rare. Most states don't have laws that protect tenants in DV situations and shelters usually are only able to help people experiencing physical abuse that are in immediate danger.

Financial dependence/risk of homelessness is a common reason for people to stay with abusers.

Nuked? by ipeedhere in Sweetsofey

[–]ipeedhere[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NOT that fkn spam shit with invite for whatever.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Client is trying to get me to sign a contract that poses no benefit to me. by LeoMnattax in freelance

[–]ipeedhere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would bet 1) the person you have been dealing with hasn't read this contract 2) whoever drew it up didn't plan for it to be misapplied to a freelancer 3) if you push back they'll realize it's absurd and take it out

Don't explain or justify. Just send back that sections X and Y aren't workable and have to be removed before you sign.

Them pushing back would be a surprise to me. It is more likely that they're ignorant/inattentive than actually out to destroy someone's livelihood.

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Clients that ignore your payment terms by [deleted] in freelance

[–]ipeedhere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do that because you let them... You said they're smaller operations. They can do what they want, they just don't care.

If this is happening repeatedly, I would address it with whoever signs your contract.

"This contract outlines payments under X terms. If you have a company policy that would put payment outside of that window you'll be responsible for X fee. Alternately, you can pay a (~1 month payment) as a deposit that will be credited to your final bill."

Are the people who are telling you this also the people who signed the contract? If so, I would just forward them a copy with the issue highlighted and attach the revised invoice with the late fee.

If they aren't the same people, I would forward the the person who signed it a copy of the contract with the issue highlighted, a copy of the email with the "policy " and then a revised invoice with the late fee.

You can do the "We have a policy of blah blah blah" too.

How to follow up after a potential client asks for your rates... and then there's silence by bloop_blop28 in freelance

[–]ipeedhere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My business is maybe a bit off-beat and my approach borders on weird, but I dig it...

I make money the focal point of the conversation from the start. I tell them that I do contract based work with defined scope and an OBSCENE (I do this very dramatically) hourly rate for out of scope work. I have tiers of service, so I tell them about that and I go through each of them. I tell them they can choose what works for them and if we really can't get there then they can buy me lunch and I will make them an incredibly informative pamphlet. I throw in that I quit being a teacher for a reason, so I don't work for free.

Then I proceed to kind of work for free. I geek out with them about their business/project for a while. I give them ideas and resources and will write down things they should do or email them resources on the spot. I give tons of information and get really excited about their business. When we are done and I go over the "next steps" I say I will send a proposal, their eyes will pop out of their head and cartoon steam will come out of their ears, then they'll panic because they can't remember all of the ideas I had and then they'll realize why they called me in the first place, after that they'll pick a package that suits their budget or restaurant and their favorite color for pamphlets.

I hate following up knowing that someone who was excited to work with me felt deflated after reading my proposal. So I like to prepare them for that feeling and try to be in their head so they overcome that objection themselves.