Doing business as a freelancer or a self-employed person comes with a lot of freedom, but equally a lot of. From dealing with hostile clients to understanding taxes and complex contracts, there is little room for error and a lot of things that can go wrong.to the internet for advice after being hired as a wedding photographer and then not showing up. Netizens shared some advice and harsh truths with the photographer.
in this case. As many of the commenters noted, a contract is a contract, not something one can just break easily and without repercussions. After all, if we treated contracts as mere “suggestions,” large segments of society would fall apart. After all, growing and harvesting crops takes time, months even, so there already was a need to make commitments for work, payment and food.
This is all to say that many of us, like this photographer, have perhaps gotten a bit too comfortable with assuming contracts are just some formality. Most of us don’t perhaps read through a contract for “simple” things when switching apartments or starting a new job, but this story should be a reminder of why that is quite important.