I recently got a job freelancing at a large corporation. I got the job through a staffing agency, but it is not a typical temp place. They described the job as “long term” when they hired me, but I feel like I’m still treated like an intern.

When I do project and finish them, my boss always says OH SOMETHING FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO or A NEW PIECE CONGRATS like I’m an intern. I know I should be taking it positive, but I just feel like it’s kind of demeaning. I want to think of it as a job, not something temporary I get portfolio pieces from. I have bills and debt!

And, I feel like they don’t give me as many projects as the other freelancers here. One guy previously did my job, but typically, they would have many people with my position. Now, it is him and I. 

Today I really felt like an intern. I just got out of a meeting for a project when my boss showed me this stuff they had torn down from redoing the office and told me to basically clean it up and rip the stuff off as a “little project.” I was pretty pissed but didn’t show it. I told him I wanted to work on X instead right now. Eventually, I will probably have to do it. But I just feel like they wouldn’t ask the other people to do it. Why should I? I mean, we have a admin assistant who does stuff like this all the time.

I hope this does not continue because I like the work and the company, and I am lucky to have the job. But now I fear in a couple months they will tank me, and it was like an internship.
user
I feel like I'm an intern at a company, even though they hired me through a staffing agency.
assistant
I recently got a job freelancing at a large corporation. I got the job through a staffing agency, but it is not a typical temp place. They described the job as “long term” when they hired me, but I feel like I’m still treated like an intern.

When I do project and finish them, my boss always says OH SOMETHING FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO or A NEW PIECE CONGRATS like I’m an intern. I know I should be taking it positive, but I just feel like it’s kind of demeaning. I want to think of it as a job, not something temporary I get portfolio pieces from. I have bills and debt!

And, I feel like they don’t give me as many projects as the other freelancers here. One guy previously did my job, but typically, they would have many people with my position. Now, it is him and I. 

Today I really felt like an intern. I just got out of a meeting for a project when my boss showed me this stuff they had torn down from redoing the office and told me to basically clean it up and rip the stuff off as a “little project.” I was pretty pissed but didn’t show it. I told him I wanted to work on X instead right now. Eventually, I will probably have to do it. But I just feel like they wouldn’t ask the other people to do it. Why should I? I mean, we have a admin assistant who does stuff like this all the time.

I hope this does not continue because I like the work and the company, and I am lucky to have the job. But now I fear in a couple months they will tank me, and it was like an internship.
user
I feel like I'm still an intern/temporary employee at a large corporation. It's not like I'm not getting assignments but just feeling like I'm performing the same actions
assistant