A Theoretical Situation

[tyellas]

Let us say that, hypothetically, you do some freelance work on the side. A pleased client has recommended you to a professional associate who needs some of the same work done. The professional associate is a member of a religious group/quasi-cult you find distasteful and unethical. However, it is likely that you can do this work without meeting the religious-group-member client in person. Working for this client is likely to generate a lot more work with this client.

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Comments

[tyellas.livejournal.com]

Your thoughts are very interesting because a) you answered the same way I did in the poll and b) you have the same career I do.

I qualify that with the recommend someone else because money is money and some people may not have the same success rate at freelancing and honestly need the job to feed the cats and pay electric bill or else the company will cut it off because of three other invoices haven't been paid.

Yeah. For me, I know someone who is a) in a situation like that b) closer to this potential client geographically and b) married and male. Also, I don't want to burn my own bridges with this existing client. So I would decline but recommend this other person.

[cirdan-havens.livejournal.com]

Oh, interesting. I hadn't even checked who voted for what because I figured I wouldn't know all of them anyway, and I certainly didn't realize you'd voted in your own poll. :p

Glad you'll be able to help out the someone else who really needs it. And yeah, I did think about the existing client too. They might take it the wrong way, but this way they might recommend you to something less distasteful next time.