I am about to make a big decision in my life and it’s making me almost sleep deprived. I feel like I can’t really talk to anyone about this because no one would understand.
I am poor. I am broke and because of that I am about to start a business venture with people I hate and don’t feel comfortable with.
I’ve been out of a job for too long, my self esteem has suffered, my depression and health have gotten worse and I feel like this is my only chance of survival.
However… my gut hurts so much… there is this weight on my stomach and I can’t get any proper sleep.
An old classmate came to me a month ago: ” Hey how are you? What have you been up to? ”
I told him I was unemployed but I had studied abroad and did freelance work whenever I could.
“I’m a graphic designer and webdesigner” I said.
We had coffee and went on with our lives.
A week later he calls me and suggests we start a business with another friend of his, who is a photographer and cameraman.
My friend is a lawyer and can write very well, so he suggests we start a digital design agency. We can combine our skills and manage social networks, do all sorts of stuff, sounds great! Online business growth is our thing.
I’m in charge of the website and logo which I work on and take care of right away after a few days, as well as our business card.
My friend suggests another friend of his joins our business, he says he would be perfect as he studied digital marketing.
I say I can’t really give an opinion as I don’t know the guy but I trust his decision. I mention education and skills mean little to me, hardwork and dedication are much more valuable but he seems to take offense and says he would never recommend someone he doesn’t trust.
It’s been 3 weeks. I’ve done my work, they have done very little and seem incredibly incompetent.
First of all they don’t respect me. They keep questioning my design decisions and asking for changes over and over, even when these don’t make much sense. I get tired of this as I have not only the knowledge but also the experience. I have worked in this area for over 10 years and dealt with many clients, I have had many successful and failed projects. While not working I studied, read articles and practised.
I accept suggestions and criticism but when suggestions are just unfounded, when they seem like they just want to give me more work for the fun of it… it’s ridiculous. And stressful for me.
My future associates don’t know how hard it is to build a website or design a logo.
They act as if it was a word document, you know, click and drag, delete, etc.
They ask me to fix their email and server problems when that is not my job or specialty. They refuse to Google things because asking me to do it is easier.
They ask me to fix their word documents.
I have now put over 140 hours of work into this business which they say is “part of my job”.
What have they done?
Not enough. A 3 page word document with the contents for the website after I pressured them (I can’t possibly keep a website up with gibberish content for long, it’s embarrassing).
Now they want to register the business, the company.
I am torn. Wtf do I do?
They are spoiled little brats but I need to pay my rent.
I am silently screaming.
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