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Poll: How do you feel about the deadlines on your jobs in general?
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Miroslav Jeftic
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Ha Sep 3, 2019

It pretty often happens that I get an ample deadline for a 100 words job and very tight for a 12k one.
 
Merab Dekano
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It depends on your capacity Sep 4, 2019

Deadlines are proposed by your clients, but it is up to you to accept or decline them.

For me there are no "too tight" deadlines. I know my capacity very well and I accept/decline project according to it.

If a deadline proposed by my clients is "too tight" (which means I could risk missing it), I propose mine. Most of the time it is accepted (I always propose a realistic one). If not, I kindly apologise and move to a next project.

10 years in business and... See more
Deadlines are proposed by your clients, but it is up to you to accept or decline them.

For me there are no "too tight" deadlines. I know my capacity very well and I accept/decline project according to it.

If a deadline proposed by my clients is "too tight" (which means I could risk missing it), I propose mine. Most of the time it is accepted (I always propose a realistic one). If not, I kindly apologise and move to a next project.

10 years in business and never missed a deadline. ▲ Collapse
 
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