Earned 10K side gig, feeling used

[Priya]

I recently landed a contract side‑gig that pays about 15 dollars an hour for a startup. They let me bill up to 8 hrs a day, no matter how much I actually get done.

I've done plenty of full‑time stints at startups, but never as a contractor.

The catch with this kind of work is you have to fill timesheets and justify every 30‑minute slot.

I put in a solid 7 hrs today, which comes to roughly 105 dollars or 10K rupees.

I was doing this alongside my main job that's just 2‑4 hrs a day but pays like crazy.

In a full‑time role you basically get paid to exist - whether you're shipping code, stuck on a bug, or just waiting for a button to be built, the pay stays the same.

But with hourly contracts you can't play the game; they end up playing you.

For the first time in my 5‑year career I sat the whole day doing real work and felt like I was being short‑changed for peanuts.

I just emailed the company saying this isn't my cup of tea and I'm resigning.

[Madhuri]

Earning 10K a day works out to over 2 lakhs a month. How is that peanuts? Am I just out of touch with current salaries?

[Simran]

Looks like pure rage bait.

Someone does a full day's work, gets decent pay and still gets angry about it.

Are you thinking like a sarkari naukar?

[Govind]

What exactly does the job involve?

[Preeti]

Bro, I'm interested in that gig - can you help me get it?

[Pillai]

For the first time in my 5‑year career, I sat all day doing real work and felt like I was being short‑changed for peanuts.

What a sad mindset - treating 7 hours of genuine work as a violation.

[Jasmin]

Kis ko bait karke scam karne ki koshish kar rahe ho, Lala?

[Kanchan]

Seems completely bogus, looks like a post just to farm karma and stir up rage.

[Bhavin]

What's the point of this post anyway? You should have posted on r/nowork or another relevant subreddit.

If you don't like it, maybe don't take freelance gigs - they're a legal gray area, son. You're risking a lot for what you call peanuts. If your full‑time employer finds out, you'll lose your chai breaks and casual chats.

[Prakash]

Spoiled brat, lol... Can you actually tell me how to land a job like this?

[Tanya]

Just pass this chance to someone who'd actually appreciate it. Not sure what your issue is.

You signed up for it yourself. Boasting about getting paid for doing nothing - something our sarkari babus love - is why the country stays inefficient.