Why shouldn’t D/deaf freelancers get paid?
September 1st, 2008
A throw-away comment by a colleague got me thinking …. he said “Their Deaf Awareness training is only OK , they’re only in it for the money”. I then did a mental calculation of my colleague’s estimated salary and (of course), he is earning far more pro rata than a freelance Deaf Awareness trainer. The next question I’d like to ask him would be “And so – at your hefty salary – you’re not in it for the money then?” . I wonder what his answer would be? Can we all just be a little more supportive of freelancers, eh? Without freelancers, full time organisations would not be able to offer the right kind of training (as they don’t have the right trainer on their staff), career advice (their HR department hate doing this), completing a project (because the staff member has walked off). So lets all be friends without the judgements which are totally off the wall anyway.
