Not when you make the decisions. Its one thing if you have 'customers' but if you have clients, and partnerships, you make the decision whether to serve or not serve. For instance For a about 9 months, I did substance abuse screenings for the state. My services were freelance, so I didnt work for a particular company, but the state made sure I had the screening tools and were up on licensure to administer them. Now I could take a client who was a walk in, I also had clients that were assigned by the state (i.e I got paid $80 an hour to go into correctional facilities and administer substance abuse screenings). Now when court mandated, the screenings were completed and regardless of the outcome, they were faxed to a judge and/or lawyer/probation/parole officer/public defender. When I had walk ins, the person might not have like that the assessments they took and my recomendations based off of their criteria would be 12 weeks of intensive outpatient treatment, since they were a walk in and I got my cash up front, they could take their paperwork (which I would provide them a copy of) and throw it in the trash, they didnt have to give it to anyone or notify anyone that they received that recommendation and go somewhere else take another assessment and perhaps get different results.
I operated from the point of control. Now working for the state, I had a number of assessments I needed to take on per month to stay 'active', but all I had to do was check my email and call someone and say "I'll do John Smiths assessment at 10am, or Darlene Smiths assessment at 3pm". I could have argued with clients, but theres nothing to argue about, they answered the assessments, and there is the DSM as well as state recommendations based on the scores of those assessments, I merely gave them their paperwork. I was my own boss.
Hypothetically someone could have went to the bbb or the state licensing board, but you can do that for any business or corporation, in essence they are bosses to as they can permanently or temporarily stop businesses or services. But I didnt have a supervisor that someone could speak to
I never had any harsh major problems. The only one that gave me a little guff was a dude I recommended for a 30-30 (30 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in 30 days)--

The guy didnt have a job and had an extensive history with alcohol. He said it was bullshyt, I said I can fax it to your PO telling them you'll start monday, when you meet with your PO once to twice a week to piss in a cup if your card is missing a day, you'll go to jail