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RETALES
I Was Rejected for a $13.65 an Hour Job
When honesty bites you in the ass
For months, no, years, I’ve been vocal about my lack of success in finding freelance gigs relative to my background as an advertising and marketing writer. One who can write virtually anything in any client’s voice.
I’m also a produced screenwriter but because I lack the funds to bring financing to the proverbial table, finding interested producers is a job in itself. Even though I’m sitting on several viable projects which make some of the crap that gets greenlit look even more like the turds they are.
But, I’m not giving up. I will make it happen. There are days when I feel it more than others, but, I remain steadfast.
That said, I’d like to make a few bucks to augment our income. Which is fixed. As in, “in a fix.”
But, I’m tired. Tired of the bullshit many of us must endure in order to find legitimate work. The copy tests for writing gigs. The recruiters who feign interest and then ghost us once they figure out how old we are. The “accounts” we must create merely to apply for shitty jobs for shitty companies.
