This is by far one of the funniest situations that I have come across in a while.

If you've seen my previous posts you'll know that I started and run multiple online businesses since the age of 17. I've learned a stupid amount of things from my experiences working with people.

Now I have a story about one of my workers. When my first business was at it's peak, I had a period of status. Websites, magazines and small groups were interviewing me for my projects. It got to the point that I had to make multiple accounts for every sort of platform I had to prevent people watching my lifestyle.

That was probably when I had the most power and could change the careers of certain individuals, and this was exactly what I did. I found an artist one day who looked so down on her luck. This girl had a very unique style of drawing that I felt could generate a good amount of interest if done right.

I emailed her and introduced myself. We talked about the whole process for a while as she allowed me to walk her through my plan.

Cut a few months later and I've made her big. Before me, she had zero freelance work and was considering going into obscure styles in order to gain views, let alone payment. After working with me for about a year she began to receive commissions, freelance work and many followers.

That is where things started to go downhill. Instead of continuing to work harder for me the woman decides that she's quite content with the amount of money she's making on the side and starts sending me sloppy work. Occasionally she'd tell me that she was going on holiday for a few weeks only for me to see that she was updating her page in the off time.

At one point she seemed to be incredibly angry with me because of the extra work I'd make her do and this led to her deciding to leave the team.

I agreed and didn't chase her on it. Keep in mind, I really needed her work. She is one of the most recognisable people on my team and losing her would greatly affect my earnings but I didn't bother to chase her at all.

I take her name off my pages. That was in December. Today she emails me THREE times asking to see if I have any work. In the email she is offering to work for me for free until I feel comfortable enough to pay her. Those were her exact words.

Take from this what you will but it can be applied to the real world too. Never compromise yourself for anyone else. If you lose a girl, you can gain another. Sure I could have persuaded this girl to stay at the cost of higher pay/less work, but in doing so I would be handing her my power. By letting her go, I made her realise that she isn't as important to me as she thinks. I did not contact her at all. No contact is the best tool.

On a general note, I simply love hiring women. This isn't because men are difficult, all the men I hired are brilliant workers who stick to schedules. The women are just very interesting to observe, last year I bought tickets for everyone to fly over and spend a weekend together. None of the girls brought their boyfriends nor did they tell them about me. My head girl earns quite a high amount from me yet never tells her boyfriend where the money comes from.

The truth is that this whole gender battle situation does not exist in the online world. You can't be sexually harassed through a skype group chat. You can pay women whatever you want and there is quite literally nothing they can do about it. This is why I make it a point to pay my girls a decent amount of money.

One girl I previously worked with (A youtuber with 60k subs) told me that she had worked with big youtube channels like Screw Attack. I was shocked and asked her how much they paid her considering that these guys are millionaires.

She told me that the pay was less than $100.

To put that into perspective, a respectable voice actor will demand a minimum of $200 for something serious.

Instead of backing out, she took the payment because of the exposure it would get her.

It's all an interesting perspective.

Cheers.

EDIT------

A few of the groups I mentor have recommended that I create some sort of blog where everyone can come and read what I have to say. I decided to also share it here.

https://absentmasculinity.com/

It's a basic WordPress blog with no bullshit popups, course nonsense or motivational speeches. I give methods not motivation. You won't find tips on how to text girls so if that is your interest, the blog won't be for you.

I should also add that this blog is partly catered to the groups I mentor in which I teach them ways to be successful and stand out from the crowd. You may find my terminology there to be a little harsher than it is here on Reddit. You are also free to contact me over there if you have any direct inquires.