Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadli…
But she has found jobs hard to come by in 2020 and coronavirus has simply compounded her misfortune. She’s now worried that her entire year could be an earnings write-off.
Allen said there are “thousands” in a similar position, with many considering taking mortgage holidays and alternative jobs in supermarkets to earn extra income during the production shutdown. Some have even explored becoming Amazon delivery drivers, she added. “It’s a tough industry anyway, I feel like a lot more people are going to leave,” she said., which encourages freelancers to matchmake and share jobs.
Dudley is hopeful the government can step in and support self-employed people in the UK, and he does not hold a grudge against broadcasters after many of his peers have questioned their support for the freelance community in recent weeks. “You know that these production companies and broadcasters aren’t sitting on huge pots of money that they can turn around to their freelancers and say: ‘Let’s help you out.
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