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Old 19-02-2008, 06:00   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niggle
I think it makes very good sense to hire people who are there to see the job to a good conclusion instead of part-timers who just want to make up a preset number of hours, take their money and get out of there.
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Originally Posted by niggle
I've hired a few freelancers in the past and without exception there have been very good reasons why they were scraping an hourly pittance instead of working full time for a decent monthly salary.

I'm sorry your experience with freelancers has been so poor, you seem determined to use that tar brush for all other freelancers, the 'take the money and run' implication that you have for the freelance work model wouldn't be a sustainable one as you'd run out of clients - I suggest you look at how at how your agency is resourcing external help