Thanks , that’s interesting to read. I’m not wishing Misfortune on the guy. We’ve shared many pints together and go back years. But I’m sure you know the type - woe is me, woe is me....oh , I might be able to cash in here.
I thought he was entitled to claim the £2500(?)pcm furlough , and whatever he earned on top of that ?
Which seems outrageously generous, especially given the plight of some on this thread.
You don’t think that’s the case ?
I think one man band, defo not an employee. I know for definite he is allowed to claim furlough and carry on working where he can, because he told me.
I would check with him but he’s got the hump with me after I suggested he donate a portion of his top-up earnings to the NHS. He wasn’t up for that!
Nothing at all. There are plenty of freelancers quietly filling their boots at the moment.
One of my freelancer friends put a nauseating ‘poor me’ video on social media just before the government announced it would subsidise freelancers. He’s now taking ad hoc jobs when he fancies it and looking...