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Scary Stuff! Going self-employed only from today
VictoriaAnn Design
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20 May 2009
Hi guys,
I'm just finishing my glorious 9 months of maternity leave and after a brief telephone conversation with my boss, have been told that I can work for him on a self employed basis if I want to. I am going to meet him today at 1. :eek:
This means I will be able to work from home so can be around my baby, and I can advertise and take on other work. I work in graphic design so this fits nicely.
Bit scary because I'm going to have to do my accounts, invoices etc. I've already been working self employed but not on a large scale as I was always employed too - so my tax returns were very simple before! He says he can guarantee work so I hope that sticks.
Only problem I have is that he thinks I can work on long term projects that I have no idea about, I do graphic design and he wants me to install a shopping cart onto a web site! :confused: Not looking forward to telling him I can't.
So that's me anyway thought I'd drop in and introduce myself. Any advice welcome!
Vicki
I'm just finishing my glorious 9 months of maternity leave and after a brief telephone conversation with my boss, have been told that I can work for him on a self employed basis if I want to. I am going to meet him today at 1. :eek:
This means I will be able to work from home so can be around my baby, and I can advertise and take on other work. I work in graphic design so this fits nicely.
Bit scary because I'm going to have to do my accounts, invoices etc. I've already been working self employed but not on a large scale as I was always employed too - so my tax returns were very simple before! He says he can guarantee work so I hope that sticks.
Only problem I have is that he thinks I can work on long term projects that I have no idea about, I do graphic design and he wants me to install a shopping cart onto a web site! :confused: Not looking forward to telling him I can't.
So that's me anyway thought I'd drop in and introduce myself. Any advice welcome!
Vicki
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sarahsrays
Messages count : 23Likes count : 0Registration : 8 December 2007Hi Vicki
I definitely can't give you any advice on shopping carts(!) but just wanted to say good luck.
The only advice I would give you is to make sure you don't rely on your old employer too heavily and look around for some more work to spread the risk. Even though they have guaranteed you work, you never know.
I hope it all goes well.
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VictoriaAnn Design
Messages count : 7Likes count : 0Registration : 20 May 2009Thanks Sarah. I am scoping around for other work as we speak and have a couple of things lined up. I am going to print some flyers and post to local web design companies as they sometimes need external people to design logos for them.