THE FUTURE OF WORK ECONOMY IS SCAM.
That’s why every freelancer needs to be a lawyer.
😒 Here’s what the powers that be are saying:
😒 69% of companies started hiring freelancers in 2022/2023 to start filling the gaps from mass layoffs
😒 48% of CEOs plan to increase freelancer hiring
😒 You can make more money than your full-time job
😒 You have more control over your schedule
😒 It’s less risky because you have a portfolio of clients and multiple revenue streams instead of one paycheck
🤔 Here’s what the powers that be are doing:
🤔 Still lobbying against universal healthcare, which would make freelancing more sustainable
🤔 Not changing the vendor onboarding processes to make it easier for freelancers to work with them.
🤔 Not paying rates that cover the increased cost of benefits that workers now have to cover
🤔 Contacting you at all hours of the day and night
🤔 Not advocating for freelancer worker protection laws that ensure you get paid by them
To put it lightly, the math is not mathing. They're saying one thing and doing another.
But Here's What I Know About Freelancers
Y'all are experts in your fields. And regardless of what you call yourself (freelancer, consultant, fractional, solopreneur, etc.), you're also business owners.
That means your work with your clients is a business-to-business transaction, not an employee-to-employer one. And that single distinction means you're ineligible to receive the protection of hundreds of employee protection laws at the local, state and federal level.
So most of the time, it's just you and a contract.
And that’s what I want you to understand:
There is no legal infrastructure in place to protect working-class folks in the type of labor economy that the future of work is forcing us into.
Until the law catches up, contracts are your first, best, and last line of defense.
That's why I'm so bullish on freelancers knowing contracts forwards, backwards, upside down, right side up, side-to-side, and diagonally. And before you count yourself out, the answer is NO. You don't need to be a lawyer to master contracts.
You just need the right information and frameworks so you can build the skillset you need to navigate the legal realities you’re facing.
Hi, I’m Brionna, and I'm a legal advocate for freelancers.
I came to this work honestly when I found myself needing a sabbatical from practicing law and opened a consulting agency.
Like all new businesses, it sucked...until it didn't. We went from $10,000 in revenue in 6 months to booking nearly $80,000 in business in 6 weeks. We were riding high and celebrating our success until the contracts came.
As the resident lawyer, I dealt with the onboarding process and found myself elbow deep in 30 page contracts, unexpected and expensive insurance requirements, 60 day payment terms, non-negotiable contracts, and late payments.
I found myself bamboozled by our clients' onboarding processes, even though I’d created many similar processes when I was in-house counsel. That’s when I started wondering how people who aren't lawyers deal with this sh!t.
I started asking around and quickly learned: You didn't. You don't. Or, you're trying, but it feels pointless. That’s because no one was really helping freelancers deal with contracts. So I decided to throw my hat in the ring.
I made that decision in 2022 and I've been here, standing in your corner, ever since.
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