Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: How would you rate the first part of 2017 professionally? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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I've been sailing with a steady turnover for some years now. A ceiling of sorts. Philippe | | |
positive for me is: I can pay rent and bills I can buy food and clothes I can plan to go on holiday I can spend some time with my family No comparison to previous years | | | Ana Vozone Local time: 02:24 Member (2010) English to Portuguese + ... Negative... and then very positive | May 29, 2017 |
In February, I had the worst month ever in a career spanning nearly 40 years. I did not worry too much, and have not found any explanation. Work is back to normal now. However, because of all the "free" time that I had during that month, and equipping myself with a lot of patience I tried to find new clients. I did find one in particular that I am enjoying enormously which involves the "joys" of translating new videogames while working on an advanced platform, sharing Google docs, w... See more In February, I had the worst month ever in a career spanning nearly 40 years. I did not worry too much, and have not found any explanation. Work is back to normal now. However, because of all the "free" time that I had during that month, and equipping myself with a lot of patience I tried to find new clients. I did find one in particular that I am enjoying enormously which involves the "joys" of translating new videogames while working on an advanced platform, sharing Google docs, working intensely on reducing the number of characters, etc., etc... I have learnt quite a lot in these last few weeks and am happy about the outcome. ▲ Collapse | | |
This time last year I was complaining about not having enough work, and now I've got too much. Oh well, I'm sure it won't last. | |
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Erzsébet Czopyk Hungary Local time: 03:24 Member (2006) Russian to Hungarian + ... SITE LOCALIZER ups and downs | May 29, 2017 |
After a good fresh start in January and an excellent April, my May turned into nightmare. Unpaid invoices, changing deadlines, hysterical PMs, payment delays, numerous reminders, lying clients. | | | Elina Sellgren Finland Local time: 04:24 Member (2013) English to Finnish + ...
I had work and my income remained about the same but I didn't recover from my seasonal affective disorder until the end of April because it was so cold and cloudy until then. It may not affect the quality of my work but I feel it affects my client relationships because I forget 'little' things like confirming receipt of documents, invoicing, etc. It really sucks that summer is usually quieter, as it would be the ideal season for me to work efficiently. | | |
Pretty slow January...business picked up in February, great March and April but May has been the slowest month in a long time...hoping for a busy June before everybody goes on holiday in July... | | | Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 22:24 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ...
Although I made enough money to pay my bills, the average of the first five months of 2017 was surely lower than that of the last five months of 2016. | |
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