Client posts a design job and I apply at my profile rate which is currently $30/hr, his own floor.
First thing he brings up is that my older jobs on my profile were at lower rates. I explained I rebuilt after some setbacks and have been charging $30+ for a while now.
Showed him a screenshot of an active contract, 71 hours, $30/hr, still running.
Then he says "we're not a fit" and immediately sends me a Loom video. Of my own profile. Walking me through my past projects to explain why I'm not worth $30.
At that point I was just like… why are we even talking lol.
He blocked me right after.
I wasn't going to take it at $30 or double. But it's a pattern a lot of us from this part of the world know. The budget range is real until your flag shows up. Then the math changes.
Anyone else or is it just me?