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by kamaal 5378 days ago
Actually one of the things I discovered while working with someone close/relative. Firstly they assume that you sort of come for a cheap price and won't have qualms or complains working for peanuts.

Secondly they assume you are some sort easy punchbag to offload all their anger in case something goes wrong for which you aren't even remotely responsible. Somehow its assumed since you are close to them you won't mind taking all that.

Part of what really pisses me off is, they feel its OK to make profit out of your work. But consider it some sort of a selfish action from your end when you expect to get paid for the work you do. I don't mind doing extra work for free sometimes. But when that sort of becomes a norm and you are expected to be the sacrificial goat for their profit, you must just politely call it quits.

These days you can earn a lot of money working for yourself. No point in doing donkey work for others profit while you are eating grass yourself.