After a tweet I posted went viral, I decided to reflect on the actions I am taking in my professional life to make the world a fairer place.
Female freelancers please increase your day rates.
— Olly (@helloitsolly) February 11, 2021
Hiring 6 freelance positions last few days. Men are consistently asking for double their female counterparts - same experience, previous work, career milestones.
You’re worth it.
Over the last few years my influence and ability to make a meaningful difference with my own decisions has increased, so taking the time to do this is overdue.
The commitments I'm making are to:
- Donate 2.5% of my freelance profit to charity each year.
- Continue to offer my marketing expertise for free to organisations that are addressing systemic racism.
- Continue to offer one free place per cohort on my First 100 Users Course to someone from a marginalised community.
- To always publicly publish the day rates for the roles I hire personally, or on behalf of clients.
- And demand my clients offer pay parity between men and women for similar work experience.
Finally, I commit to publicly updating this post with my progress every 6 months for the next two years.