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Poll: On how many days in June were you available for work but had no jobs?
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Jeannette Issa
Jeannette Issa  Identity Verified
Brazil
Member (2016)
English to French
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None Jul 1, 2019

June was a VERY busy month. It was non-stop work everyday. I hope to have a short break in July. It's good to have work but also exhausting.

Xanthippe
Veronika Malíková
Eckhard Boehle
Michael Harrington
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 00:32
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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4 days (2 weekends) Jul 1, 2019

I had a very busy month: the only 4 days I didn’t work were the 1st and the last weekend of June. I’m having a day off today: I’ve delivered a translation this morning and I’m not expecting any more work…

 
Lincoln Hui
Lincoln Hui  Identity Verified
Hong Kong
Local time: 08:32
Member
Chinese to English
+ ...
0 Jul 1, 2019

Is it really so hard to start counting from 0?

Kay-Viktor Stegemann
Xanthippe
Resham Ejaz
Judith Anne Smith
Anja Hajek
Rosa Plana Castillón
Maria Simmen
 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 01:32
Member (2006)
German to English
6-8 days Jul 1, 2019

June always seems to be a slow month for me every year. It could be because of all of the bank holidays and days-off in-between.

 
Paulinho Fonseca
Paulinho Fonseca  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 21:32
Member (2011)
English to Portuguese
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9 days Jul 1, 2019

It was actually my first slow June, which for me, February is the slowest one.
Best.


 
Xanthippe
Xanthippe
France
Local time: 01:32
Member (2008)
Italian to French
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SITE LOCALIZER
hopefully only 1 day Jul 1, 2019

hopefully only 1 day.
June was a very busy month.

Now I'm enjoying 2 weeks holidays BUT with my pc because I've still a lot of work (so I enjoy in the morning and then translating in the afternoon + evenings)


Angie Garbarino
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 01:32
French to English
. Jul 1, 2019

A couple right at the beginning of the month (much appreciated after a very busy month of May) and then last Thursday, but I had no jobs because I refused a job that would have eaten into my long weekend with friends that I'm just back from.

 
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Barbara Cochran, MFA  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 20:32
Spanish to English
+ ...
None Jul 1, 2019

Have been translating a long book from Italian since February of this year. And then I have had my daily work for professors here in the US.

 
Joshua Parker
Joshua Parker
Mexico
Local time: 17:32
Member (2016)
Spanish to English
+ ...
None. Jul 2, 2019

There's an option missing.

P.L.F. Persio
Philippe SALMON
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 01:32
Spanish to English
+ ...
Other Jul 2, 2019

I don't really keep track of such minutiae.

ahartje
 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Netherlands
Local time: 01:32
Member (2016)
English to Dutch
+ ...
Other Jul 2, 2019

Zero

Philippe SALMON
 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 01:32
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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It was a quiet month Jul 2, 2019

ProZ.com Staff wrote:
"On how many days in June were you available for work but had no jobs?"


It was a quiet month, but... I checked my records, and: I had jobs on all days except 1, 2, 8, 16, 22, 29 and 30 June (i.e., the weekends).


 
Eckhard Boehle
Eckhard Boehle  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 01:32
English to German
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None Jul 2, 2019

Of course, I did not work all through the month of June, but the question is "...were you available for work but had no jobs?"
I am not (any more) available for work on weekends and on holidays of which we had many this year in Germany (not "bank holidays" as Michael Harris stated, but religious holidays).
I am all the time getting more offers than I can serve, but this month, when I rejected because of enough other work I was asked more than twice by when I could do this job.
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Of course, I did not work all through the month of June, but the question is "...were you available for work but had no jobs?"
I am not (any more) available for work on weekends and on holidays of which we had many this year in Germany (not "bank holidays" as Michael Harris stated, but religious holidays).
I am all the time getting more offers than I can serve, but this month, when I rejected because of enough other work I was asked more than twice by when I could do this job.
And although I indicated a date far behind the formerly desired one, I got the assignment.
I think this is due to the fact that some of my colleagues are already off for their summer vacation.
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Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 21:32
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Other - None Jul 3, 2019

Not even the weekends, thankfully. April was terrible and May was ordinary. June saved my life. I hope July keeps the same rhythm.

 
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