Poll: Is year-end more stressful for you work-wise? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:13
Spanish to English
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Not really, as long as my laptop holds out and I can keep working even while back home for a seasonal visit. October and November were comparatively quiet for me, so I'm glad that I've now got a couple of translation jobs to keep me ticking over into the New Year.
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I work mostly for the EU Institutions and they will be closed from the 17th December until the 6th January. So, it will be stress-free unless one of my other clients has an emergency…
| | | | Ventnai 
Spain
Local time: 10:13
German to English
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Work normally peters out or someone wants a big project translated but the deadline is generous. This year I'm taking a full ten days' holiday to travel.
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I've had work, but I've been able to pace it so that I won't feel rushed. I asked for a loose deadline on a large job that will be due after Christmas.
| | | | | I've learned to say 'no' | Dec 16, 2018 |
When my husband was working, his job was quite stressful at the end of the year. He was involved in stocktaking and year-end accounting between Christmas and New Year.
I decided I was not going to let myself be pushed that far. I have once or twice been pressed to take on extra work, and have squeezed in a whole month's work in December before the 23rd, plus occasionally a day or two after Christmas, but I finally decided there is more to life than work. Once I am booked, but not ov... See more When my husband was working, his job was quite stressful at the end of the year. He was involved in stocktaking and year-end accounting between Christmas and New Year.
I decided I was not going to let myself be pushed that far. I have once or twice been pressed to take on extra work, and have squeezed in a whole month's work in December before the 23rd, plus occasionally a day or two after Christmas, but I finally decided there is more to life than work. Once I am booked, but not over-booked, I simply tell clients they can wait til the New Year. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 05:13
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Same thing. The volume of work does not seem to vary a lot. It's usually bad in January, though.
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