u/Ok_Idea_5117

My Apple watch works well with the digital key. I like it a lot. However, for some time, I can’t lock my car with it from the watch. I need to lock it from the car door every time. Though it is not the end of the world, I like doing it from the watch instead doing a few more steps.

I thought this might be related to an upgrade but I am not sure. Anyone experiencing this or have some solution?

I already did turn it off and on trick and also add and remove the key from Apple Watch wallet.

As an employee, I knew the rules and played it well. Hence I already got 3 raises in 1.5 years. This was a few years back. These tactics are generally for earning what you deserve and prevent low balled. Not a greedy approach 😝😉😅☺️. If a company can pay that much to you, why do you accept a lower rate 😉?

However, I wonder the best strategies for freelancers. I know some people here are quite strict and even say accept or leave to their client. I am not sure this works all the time. At least for me.

To elaborate my situation, I am happy with my current contract. It is stable, culture is friendly. The problem/advantage of my view is wondering about the ceiling/potential for a better rate. As an employee, I generally look for a better contract every few months. If I find one, either I jump or get a pay raise. This works rather well as an employee because the discussion for a company budget is not strictly determined in general for most of the companies I worked for. If you come up with a counter offer, they easily try to convince you with a pay raise. As far as I understand (maybe I am wrong), this is a bit harder for a freelancer, because, you already agreed for a certain time window at most 1 year and the company already allocated this budget and generally strict about it. So at this point, I feel like negotiating with the current client is harder compared to being an employee due to corporate company rules. Even if your manager wants to keep you, he/she may not be able to request an additional budget for you in the middle of a contract. That means that in the middle of a contract, you generally don’t have a chance to increase your rate with a counter offer.

I wonder whether you use counter offer tactic for negotiating in freelancer world.

I guess some people might suggest leaving employee mindset but I don’t think they are independent from each other though they are quiet different