To be a Freelancer or Full-Time-Employee? November 2014

A Comparison (1)

Freelancer § Independent and flexible § No job security § No employer-provided benefits

§ No Health or Life Insurance § No Paid Vacation, Sick and

Holiday leaves

§ No SSS, Pagibig and Philhealth contributions § No Maternity/Paternity leaves § No retirement § No SSS/Pagibig Loans § No Philhealth assistance

§ No Labor Law Protection

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Full-Time-Employee § You have a boss § Job security § Employer-provided benefits

§ Health or Life Insurance § Paid Vacation, Sick and Holiday

leaves (Est. 40 dys) § Profit Sharing and other

incentives § SSS, Pagibig and Philhealth

Benefits § Maternity/Paternity leaves § Retirement § SSS/Pagibig Loans § Philhealth assistance

§ Labor Law Protection

A Comparison (2)

Freelancer § Risk of not being paid § Liability for business debts § Other aspects

§ Work and Income is unstable § Works alone § Secure projects, interviews,

self- marketing § Requires self-discipline and

organization § Manage insurances, taxes,

retirement, medical expenses yourself

§ No bank loans § You earn more?

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Full-Time-Employee

§ Other aspects: § Stable income § Social bonding with co-workers § Develop your expertise § path § Training and Development § Focus on developing your

expertise § Easier to get bank loans

§ You earn less?

What  is  it  what  you  want?  

MicroSourcing

MicroSourcing and MicroCreatives offer opportunities for Full-time-employees AND freelancers:

§ Variety of clients: small and large, quirky and corporate § Variety of projects: big and small, graphic design, programming,

content writers, SEO etc §  Interaction: mostly in direct contact with clients § Schedule: in coordination with the client, flexi schedule § Training: MicroSourcing provides MS University and clients offer

training, sometimes even abroad § Security: You will know us and you know that you will get paid

We are currently especially interested in:

§ Graphic Designers (6 positions) § Developers (19 positions - PHP, iOS, Java, DB) § Ruby on Rails and Magento programmers

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Contact us

For anything else J: Sophie Woo CSO of MicroSourcing sophie@microsourcing.com

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