Amateurs with Attitude

Hello, everybody. It’s your favorite Republican Donald J. Trump, and I have to tell you, this is huge. Today I have the incredible honor of introducing an absolutely terrific episode of the list building lifestyle show. With the one and only very successful guy, I must add Igor Kheifets. You know, people call me all the time. They say, Donald, can you introduce Igors podcast? And I say, of course, because this podcast is a winner. And you know, I love winning. Since by now you all know that I’m not the real Trump, just an AI. Let’s skip that and jump right into today’s episode where we’re talking freelance hiring. Igor is exposing some crazy attitudes from amateurs. And funny enough, these are things you don’t find in professionals. We’ve got these amateurs, folks, amateurs, not the best, believe me, from Eastern Europe. And they’re trying, they’re really trying to pull off the art of the steal. We love Eastern Europe, many, many good people, but these folks are just trying to get rich quick. So, stay tuned, folks, because today’s episode is all about dodging the bullets, avoiding the traps, and not letting the freelancing fakers win. We’re making hiring great again, right here on the list building lifestyle show, enjoy everybody!

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I went to Upwork, a place where we go to hire, you know, for different technical projects like video editing, and this and that. And I started interviewing people who basically have the description of being somehow podcast related or video spokesperson, people who are basically able to do video work where they are appearing on camera. And I went through about seven before I found the one that I wanted. And here’s what happened. First off, I kept getting boilerplate responses, which was very annoying, like nobody actually looked at the specifics of the project, they just sent me a cover letter with all the different links. And it was a kind of man, you know, no personal touch. So, once I kind of weed out the bestselling ones who didn’t really take the time to review the project details, I started chatting with them. And the next thing I’m encountering is that none of them want to do this work by the hour. Which is kind of weird, because all of their profiles are stating exactly what their hourly fee is. So, you look into their profile and say $100 An hour $50 An hour. And I say, well, we’re going to have about an hour, maybe an hour and a half recording time. So, let’s say two hours. So, are you going to charge me for two hours of your time? The answer is no, I want to charge you $1,500, $2,000 , whatever.

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And you know, they basically sort of go against the pricing model they initially outline. But the ones who I was able to negotiate a price low enough for me to sleep well at night and not you know, not stress about it. Because I’m very, very cheap when it comes to this kind of stuff. I’m very picky about, you know, someone from Bulgaria wanting to charge me three grand for this project just because they see that I’m in Canada, and then our brand is big, you know not because the value of their work is three grand. So that’s kind of my perspective on it. And so, once I got past this barrier, the other thing I encountered is I started asking them questions about Okay, show me what the frame of your video will be like, I need to make sure that it seems like a podcast that resembles a professional setup. You know, tell me about your microphone, give me a soundbite from your microphone by recording a voice message so I can hear its clear audio and stuff like that. And all of a sudden, I’m encountering this. This entitlement. I have no time for this Crap, either like Get it Get sudden, me know, give me a contract or get out of my face kind of entitlement.

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What’s really crazy is that while I’m getting this kind of attitude from amateurs, you know, people who don’t really have credentials, and I’m never really seeking credentials when I hire but, you know, like, at least I can justify having an attitude by having some credentials. So now I end up hiring this guy who actually works for Sirius XM Radio. It’s this premium radio in North America. Like when you buy a car, they try to sell you a premium subscription to SiriusXM all the time. And he’s, he’s showing me these sound bites. And this is a professional level, you know, spokesperson that can imitate voices and, and has a professional studio and everything. And, you know, and I’m like, telling him about the project. And he’s like, okay, well, what would you pay for this? And I say, having already burned with the others, right, who are always like, picky and entitled.

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I was like, look, I okay can tell you what, I’m willing to pay for this. But I’m really afraid I’m going to offend you because of your personal status, you know somebody with your credentials, because he got like, really cool credentials. He says, well, okay, we’ll give it a shot. And I say, and I say $500. And with that, I say $500. And if I offended you, I’m really sorry. To which he says, he says, yes, I’m offended. This is more than I expected. That’s the deal. I just took BS from some douchebag in Eastern Europe, who wanted to charge me $3,500 For getting on a one hour zoom call with me having no credentials just by having set up his phone as a camera. Okay, he doesn’t even have a DSLR. And here’s this guy with a professional Sony camera, with the mic setup recording out of a studio. It’ll, it’s, it’s so amazing. So, on one hand, there’s so much entitlement, for some reason from all these people who really don’t get to have it. And this guy who’s professional, is humble, and exacting, you know, as a profession, it’s just I don’t know, it’s just fascinating to me that people who didn’t earn their stripes, for some reason feel entitled to a higher pay and special treatment.

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