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Almost No Money for Us, but There’s This Medium Job Posting…

You might need a couple shots of whiskey before you check the link…

Liberty Forrest
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Frustrated writer at desk, crumpled papers everywhere, and computer screen showing 30 cents
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I swore I wouldn’t jump on the “griping about Medium” bandwagon. I’ve been here for a few years and it’s not the first time this “income tanking” sort of thing has happened.

But in my experience, it’s by far the worst.

Over these few years, it’s felt like Medium often dangles a carrot and gives us just enough room to see that there is financial improvement and hope for some sort of acceptable remuneration. I mean, look, we all know we’re not going to make full-time wages here, but we like to at least feel some sense of satisfaction about payment received for the time, energy, and life experience we share here. Many of our stories are life-changing to those in need of hearing them.

And then income tanks. People get fed up. There’s a mass exodus. And “M” switches it up. Changes how they do things. More money for writers. Yay! And… just when we settle in and get used to that, money tanks again. Another mass exodus. Another change and switching things up.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

So I kind of figured this was another of those tanking periods and maybe things will improve again. However, the time is way worse…

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