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Originally Posted by ChickenNoodleSoup
I'd think that yeah, ideally you'd have talked to them first. However, I've learned that it's important that you feel appreciated in your job and like what you're doing. It seems that receiving mostly negative feedback didn't go well for you, and that's totally reasonable. I don't think the team would change this way of working if you voiced it, the type of feedback you get is very dependent on the people and culture I find, it only really changes when you switch teams/companies, not by the needs of one person.
I'd say if you would still like the new option, go for it. A change in environment is always nice. It doesn't mean you don't like the actual people in the other team, you just didn't vibe with the work there.
Another way to put it: a team will drop you in a heartbeat if you don't meet their standards. They haven't met your standards of giving feedback, and you're just as allowed to drop them.
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Thanks, CNS. Some good points here.
It does seem a bit like a personal style thing. There was another team I worked for within the same organization where the main person who communicated with me/assigned the work was very friendly. Like wishing me a good weekend, asking about my daughter, etc. Thanking me for my work on a difficult editing account. I just felt valued. It's all over email, too.
Actually, the other two contracts I have, not with this company, are like that, too, in being personable. Things like that can make a big difference. And I generally will say (to any of them) something like, "Thanks, and have a great weekend!" (if it's Friday).
And good point that they could just drop me. That's part of what's difficult about freelance, too. Though as H says, and like you said, I can just drop them as well.
Honestly, I want to change how I'm working on some level anyway--working on longer-term projects like books maybe (much of what I work on has really tight deadlines, like 2 business days). Or maybe working part-time or even full-time somewhere (though at least partly remote). It would be nice to have things like paid time off...