I've been working as an independent designer for 17 years or more now. I don't ever work for free and I never have shares or risk in my clients business.
Sometimes I do a bit of work and get paid a few £k and they sell zillions, maybe even patenting an idea of mine and I get zilch. That's fine by me.
Because sometimes I get paid a few £k * 10 and do the design but it doesn't work in the market, or for some other reason make any one any money, but I still got paid for the work I did.
You have to decide if you want to gamble - I prefer engineering - I'd like to be rich, but not enough to be prepared to do what's needed to get rich.
In your case - unless the other party has cheated in any way, you should do what you said you would - and then discuss a new deal.
4 months isn't long - put it down to experience if you feel you've been had.
If you feel that the other guys are not playing the game:
Share this problem with the rest of the team.
But first work out what you want - is it shares and influence or zero risk.
I've been working as an independent designer for 17 years or more now. I don't ever work for free and I never have shares or risk in my clients business.
Sometimes I do a bit of work and get paid a few £k and they sell zillions, maybe even patenting an idea of mine and I get zilch. That's fine by me.
Because sometimes I get paid a few £k * 10 and do the design but it doesn't work in the market, or for some other reason make any one any money, but I still got paid for the work I did.
You have to decide if you want to gamble - I prefer engineering - I'd like to be rich, but not enough to be prepared to do what's needed to get rich.
In your case - unless the other party has cheated in any way, you should do what you said you would - and then discuss a new deal.
4 months isn't long - put it down to experience if you feel you've been had.
If you feel that the other guys are not playing the game:
Share this problem with the rest of the team.
But first work out what you want - is it shares and influence or zero risk.
