Staying productive during money crisis?
I formerly sold 3d printers with my company; now as that market pretty much crashed, I'm now doing 3d design/engineering work for 3d printable designs to keep me alive (and actually which I enjoy doing!).
I've been doing project based work for a client the past two month now and have received good feedback from my employer. The first month paid okay, the subsequent projects that I was assigned to are a workload of 2-3 month combined and I'm only getting paid according to one month of work for those. I've let my employer know about my unstable money situation and that I require more money and more time for these projects or otherwise lots of shit will happen here.
I've started with one of these projects and worked 14 actual work days on that so far and it's nowhere near the point I can ask money for completion. I've got a negative feedback from my employer about raising the budget for the project, only that it's not time critical to finish it and take my time to fix my money situation otherwise...
I've got a bunch of problems
- My company is so out of money that it cannot buy new stock, nor pay myself (for now 2 month in a row)
- If I let my company crash, I'm partially responsible out of my own pocket (which will turn my current 4-digit debt into a 5-digit debt) and it will disable me access to a lot of tools it has (i.e. big machinery like a lathe)
- I don't have another employer and I do not know how to get another one
- My productivity shuts down completely when I have to worry about money
Last thing is my biggest problem to all. I've had it from January to April combined with some other issues I had. I've then started working on the projects of my current employer with the prospect of getting financially stable. I was quite immediately happy, I was productive. I've impressed people by what I've done.
Now that I worry about money again, I cannot (literally) get a thing done.