Will never work for small business again (rant)

This job was described as “we’re like a family” first red flag there. This job was actually very low maintenance and the owner is nice and chill BUT zero organization and has no idea what he wants. Then I get indirectly blamed for not meeting his expectations that he himself could not verbalize because he doesn’t know what he wants. Here’s the situation: this small business hires me to do their marketing and social media, he tells me that he has seen tons of small businesses get traction and attention from viral videos but the thing is, he wants the elevated classy look to remain and I tell him I don’t know if that’s possible because NOBODY cares about a random fine jewelry ring they come across on instagram-like those videos don’t go viral, I tell him we need to film humorous videos but he detests the idea. Two weeks pass and he calls to tell me he changed his mind about social media and doesnt want to go through with it and politely lets me go. Tells me he cant afford to hire somebody full time, mind you, one bracelet is three thousand. Engagement rings starting at 10k. What do you mean you can’t afford it?? So done with the unprofessionalism with small businesses.

Author: Successful-Row-6278