Freelance Scope Creep Leads to Unpaid Extended Project Disputes
A freelancer describes being hired for a 6-month project that stretched to 18 months as the client kept adding requests, only to be told at the end that they had not delivered. This reflects a structural gap in freelance engagements: the absence of enforced scope boundaries or change-order processes leaves contractors exposed to unbounded work and disputed outcomes.
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