What shame is there in admiting you cannot work with someone? Why not just be polite and honest and say so? Tell them they need someone with more capabilities than you have, or you do not feel you are able to devote enough time to their projects. If the client is not paying the bills on time, keeps canceling apointments or is just a pain in the butt, that is what they are telling YOU already. Why keep working for them? Life is too short.
If you HONESTLY feel you have done the best you can, given 110% and it still is not good enough for them, move on! Respect yourself and other people will too. You are holding yourself back trying to please everybody.
Another common reason for the end of a client/vendor relationship is money. When clients don't pay the agreed up front payment or expect a lot more work for the same estimated price or just take far too long to pay up after a job is finished, you sometimes have to let them go.
Recently, this has become a big problem. It is fine to say a good contract will take care of these types of concerns, but large corporations that work with purchase orders completely ignore any contract I may present. It is an "our way or no way" proposition.
Good-bye.
You raise some good points, but some clients just aren't worth the money. When you say good-bye to one of them , it SHOULD be final.
misery is optional
What shame is there in admiting you cannot work with someone? Why not just be polite and honest and say so? Tell them they need someone with more capabilities than you have, or you do not feel you are able to devote enough time to their projects. If the client is not paying the bills on time, keeps canceling apointments or is just a pain in the butt, that is what they are telling YOU already. Why keep working for them? Life is too short.
If you HONESTLY feel you have done the best you can, given 110% and it still is not good enough for them, move on! Respect yourself and other people will too. You are holding yourself back trying to please everybody.
Payment Issues
Another common reason for the end of a client/vendor relationship is money. When clients don't pay the agreed up front payment or expect a lot more work for the same estimated price or just take far too long to pay up after a job is finished, you sometimes have to let them go.
Recently, this has become a big problem. It is fine to say a good contract will take care of these types of concerns, but large corporations that work with purchase orders completely ignore any contract I may present. It is an "our way or no way" proposition.