Sep 3, 2020

Freelancing versus In-house, how to decide what is right for your organization?

Shrikant Damani, Growth Marketer
Shrikant Damani
Freelancing versus In-house, how to decide what is right for your organization?
Shrikant Damani, Growth Marketer
Shrikant Damani
Sep 3, 2020

Freelancing versus In-house, how to decide what is right for your organization?

There are some decisions that you have to make before you choose the right for your organization.
Freelancing versus In-house, how to decide what is right for your organization?

Table of contents

There are some decisions which you have to make before you choose the right for your organisation. There are two options that you will come across. For example, there is the basic choice of going for freelancing or even for hiring in-house, whichever choice you make, you have to be decisive that you are doing the right for your organisation. The point is, when you are growing your business, there are some specific roles that you have to take care of. 

 

This can be done with the help of freelancing or outsourcing your project or even you have to take care of the project by hiring someone in-house. However, when you are outsourcing your project and delegating it to someone else from your team then there are several doubts which might be raised. For example, the basic question that the person is reliable or not or shall help you to deliver the work right on time are the most basic ones. 

So before you take this leap, there are some considerations which you need to make. This can be done by choosing out the factors and the detailed explanation of how both works. 

Freelancing vs in house operation- which is better?

Before we start with this topic, let us have a clear understanding of how freelancing work goes. So freelancing is the art of getting your work done from a personnel who does not work for your organisation. This is done on the basis of a contract basis. As in, you have to prepare a contract for the person who will do your work. There is a dedicated time frame on which the work shall be completed and once it is done, the freelancer gets the money which is promised. 

On the other hand, if you are going in house then there is the way through which you are asking your own employee to do the extra work. For example if your organisation needs the logo work to be done and one of your employee knows how to work around graphic designing then it will be easier for them. The main question depends on the idea of how you want your organisation to proceed. 

This means, you need to form a baseline of idea and need to know how everything works. 

Once you have a proper understanding, it will be easier for you in every single way to choose the right.

Factors to consider before hiring

Cost

 

Before you choose a freelancer or an in-house employee for the work, you need to determine the cost. 

The one thing which an in-house employee has over here is the cost range. Since they are already working with you, you can give an incentive to them and this can help them to work on the piece. On the other hand, a freelancer will charge you cash on the basis of how the work is. 

Every freelancer have their own pay per word, it depends how professional the person is and how wide is their expertise. 

The cost is the prime thing that comes in handy when you are choosing a freelance employee or even someone who is already working with you. 

Project management capability

Freelancers do have the upper hand here. 

This happens because freelancing is a big unit and a lot of freelancers are working under tight frames. When it comes to in-house hiring then there are a lot of ifs and buts that you have to here from your employee. 

But this does not happen with a freelancer. They will understand your project and know the details before they proceed with the same. Once done, they will take care of the issue and the concerned parts before starting. After stating their price range and coming to a negotiation with the company, they will settle to a price that happens to be fixated between both you and your freelancer. 

Project management capacity is one of the most important thing that you need to lookout for when handling out projects under smaller deadlines. If you hire a freelancer for your organisation then they will get the work done with the certified quality as well. 

Conclusion

These are the basic factors and considerations which you have to make before you hire a freelancer or an organisation expert. 

Either way, since it depends on your organisation, you need to have a proper understanding of both the roles and the job description. Once done, if you have hired anyone from within your group or outside, it is important to keep them posted about the job details. 

Freelancing is a world full of open possibilities. With the help of this amazing role, a lot of people these days are achieving much more than office goers. 


Shrikant Damani
Growth Marketer
ABout the AUTHOR
Shrikant Damani
Growth Marketer

Shrikant is a growth marketer at Scalenut, where he focuses on developing strategies to nurture the Scalenut community and improve user experience through content marketing and SEO. In addition, he works to enhance the quality of AI outputs through prompt engineering. A MICA graduate and a Chartered Accountant, he utilizes both his creative and analytical skills to create effective solutions.

View all articles by this Author -->
Thank you!
Our Product Specialist will connect with you shortly. In the meanwhile, please explore Scalenut
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Free content strategy call with expert
Free content strategy call with expert
Strategy with an all-in-one SEO solution
Get a personalized demo of Scalenut’s features
Showcase practical business use cases your whole team can use.
Learn about pricing options for your use case
Schedule Demo
Create SEO-Ready Blog with Scalenut
Try Scalenut for Free
Boost Your SEO Game