Jun 26, 2020 03:27:32 PM by Noor-ul-Anam R
What happens if a client rejects my proposal with a “wasting time” message after interviewing because I didn't want to work on the rates he offered and politely stated the problem.
The job post was obviously not clear. It had a fixed price of $30 and nothing else. Most clients offer those rates for long-form articles and I obviously took it as a price per article.
I don’t have any issues with the client but he rejected my proposal with negative feedback. I want to know if that negative feedback will affect my profile. And if so, what should I do about it?
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Jun 26, 2020 08:48:51 PM by Douglas Michael M
Renante V wrote:It has no effect whatsoever.
...and you have dodged a bully.
Jun 26, 2020 08:48:51 PM by Douglas Michael M
Renante V wrote:It has no effect whatsoever.
...and you have dodged a bully.
Jun 26, 2020 11:57:33 PM by Richard W
I sometimes reject invitations as "spam", when they are not appropriate for my profile or too many people have been invited.
Jun 27, 2020 06:57:42 AM by Noor-ul-Anam R
That is perfect because nowadays writers (specially) are getting a lot of invitation from new clients to apply on jobs. They just take interviews and don't hire. I mean, talk about wasting time and resources.
Jun 26, 2020 10:02:26 PM Edited Jun 26, 2020 10:03:32 PM by Valerie S
I've had a few potential clients reject my proposal as spam (when they invited me, ha, that one always does make me chuckle!) and then another one rejected my proposal (again, after a direct invite) as having "no experience" (I only had over 7K hours experience in the same with page after page of 5 star feedback, but according to the client, I had none...). That one stung a little and it shouldn't have, it was a ridiculous reply, so I understand where you're coming from and your concerns, Noor, because I felt it too.
Normally they don't even say anything upon rejection (which is nice, they really don't need to) and I normally don't even notice at all, but if they do add a reason, yes, it can be a bit jarring. Think of it this way though...they just clicked a button, could have been a lazy button, I don't know. And if it wasn't just a button and they added a message like that, then yes, as Douglas said, you dodged a bully, so good for you, it's a plus!
Take it with a grain of salt and don't give it another thought. You did the right thing to stick to your guns and his or her rejection reason/response means nil.
And no, it has no effect on you.
Jun 26, 2020 10:09:26 PM by Noor-ul-Anam R
Jun 27, 2020 02:43:14 PM by Elyannie W
Interesting! I didn't know the client could choose a reason for declining a proposal. I thought I had read the title of the post incorrectly. I've never seen this before and I probably would have been taken aback by it a little bit as well. Well thanks for sharing any way, hope you have better luck on your next one!
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