‘It must feel nice to be so selfish’: Church member insists freelance graphic designer commission a flyer free of charge, then claims her remote role is not a ‘real job’

Some of the workforce prioritizes in-office work structures because they believe it increases interpersonal connections between coworkers and general output. Others believe that's a load of bologna, and that remote work is the future. During that time in 2020, members of the workforce all over the world proved that it didn't matter where they were working; the only thing that mattered was that they were completing their jobs the way they usually would if they were in the office.

In this next story, a graphic designer explains that a fellow church member requested that they create a flyer, free of charge, for her daughter. The graphic designer politely declines, explaining that they cannot drop everything they're doing just to do some free labor. The church member then starts berating her remote job, claiming it is not "real" and she has no excuse not to do work for free… Scroll to read the full story below. 

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