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Deciding whether to hire freelancers or subcontractors versus full-time staff can be a difficult decision, especially when working in a start-up environment or small agency. Your budget may be limited and finding a quality freelancer or employee is a time-consuming process. When a business needs additional resources to carry out specialized tasks, using a contractor could be the right decision. Freelancing is a growing trend and companies of all sizes aren’t shying away from taking advantage of a world full of remote talent. Let us look at the pros of hiring aa freelancers:
Pros of choosing a freelancer:
1. Lots of flexibility: Unlike larger, more established businesses, start-ups and small-to-medium sized companies tend to have more fluctuation between busy and less busy periods. This can make staffing needs difficult to predict. By choosing to work with freelancers and subcontractors, smaller firms can benefit from having extra team members during busier times and then cut ties when they are no longer needed.
2. Temporary filling a skills gap: Some projects require personnel with extremely niche or specialized skills, and this expertise may fall outside of the scope of a company’s regular employees.
3. Contractors are often cheaper: Compared with the expense of finding, hiring, and then providing a full-time employee with a salary, working with a freelancer or contractor can be a less expensive option.
Cons of Hiring a Freelancer:
1. Contractors are not always available: If a business has a regular and consistent need, hiring employees means that a company will always have the right person for projects as they arise. Additionally, bringing on an employee when there is a consistent need saves time having to constantly find qualified freelancers to work with. It is not always possible to use the same freelancer or contractor, even if the skills and expertise required are the same (e.g., they are busy with other client work, they’re on vacation, or they’ve been hired full-time by another company).
2. Communication and control can be difficult: Communication is not always as easy with contractors as it is with employees. For example, as a manager, you can visit an employee’s desk to ask a question or get an update on a specific task that needs to be completed ASAP. This is not possible with contractors or freelancers, and you may have to wait a few hours (or even a few days) to hear a response, depending on how quick the freelancer is to respond. Additionally, you do not have control over the process and the way things are done. With employees, you can review exactly how each task is completed and what tools are used. A freelancer will take your requirements and deliver a finished product. While this is an advantage for some, for those that like to have control over each function, going with a freelancer may not be the best route.
3. Using contractors can be disruptive: Contractors come and go; very few end up staying for the long-term and become part of a company. Most employers only hire freelancers and independent contractors on an as-needed basis for shorter-term projects. This constant rotation can be disruptive to the working environment and inconvenient for full-time employees. Plus, the quality of work that is delivered may suffer, and different contractors deliver work that varies in quality. If you want end-results that are consistent, then full-time employees are the answer.
Pros of hiring full time employees:
When you take on full time employees, they will work for you for thirty hours a week or more, any less would make them part time employees. The advantage of this type of relationship to the employer are:
1. They often feel pride in their position in your business. They get satisfaction out of being part of a team and working somewhere they feel comfortable and have job security.
2. The hourly wage for an employee is generally much less than a freelancer.
3. You know that you always have employees that you trust and can rely on when you need them. You can delegate tasks permanently which frees up your time to do the jobs that are important to you.
4. You do not need to continually train new staff on how you like things done.

Cons of hiring full time employees:
1. They generally expect benefits such as holiday, sick and maternity pay.
2. You will always have salaries to pay, even if your business is having a quiet period.
3. You will have specific payroll paperwork that is legally required.
4. You are responsible for your employees’ training and professional licensing requirements.

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Answered 3 years ago

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