Comments on: How digital marketing allows us to beat the jobs freeze http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/06/how-digital-marketing-allows-us-to-beat-the-jobs-freeze/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-digital-marketing-allows-us-to-beat-the-jobs-freeze Rapid Innovation - Rapid Startup Success Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:07:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: by Editor http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/06/how-digital-marketing-allows-us-to-beat-the-jobs-freeze/comment-page-1/#comment-469 by Editor Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:37:30 +0000 http://www.ragstowreckages.com/?p=1070#comment-469 I agree with you Diana - what is good for the company is good for the freelancer too - and that is what is so great about working with freelancers - the incentives are aligned. I enjoyed the experience where my full time staff - especially where the redundancy pay was significant - had an incentive to see the company do badly - so they got paid off. Here the incentives were opposite. The parallel incentive with freelancers is - I believe - the great hidden benefit for companies. Br Neil I agree with you Diana – what is good for the company is good for the freelancer too – and that is what is so great about working with freelancers – the incentives are aligned.

I enjoyed the experience where my full time staff – especially where the redundancy pay was significant – had an incentive to see the company do badly – so they got paid off. Here the incentives were opposite.

The parallel incentive with freelancers is – I believe – the great hidden benefit for companies.

Br
Neil

]]> By: Diana Schneidman http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/06/how-digital-marketing-allows-us-to-beat-the-jobs-freeze/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Diana Schneidman Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:33:57 +0000 http://www.ragstowreckages.com/?p=1070#comment-468 If it's a blessing in disguise for companies, it's also a blessing for those who choose to be freelancers in creating new, and more varied, opportunities. Of course, to the extent that these opportunities replace salaried jobs, there's suffering out there too. If it’s a blessing in disguise for companies, it’s also a blessing for those who choose to be freelancers in creating new, and more varied, opportunities. Of course, to the extent that these opportunities replace salaried jobs, there’s suffering out there too.

]]> By: Nick Vale http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/06/how-digital-marketing-allows-us-to-beat-the-jobs-freeze/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Nick Vale Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:32:21 +0000 http://www.ragstowreckages.com/?p=1070#comment-467 Freelancers and contractors wont care about the business or understand the subtlities of the brand or the market the company operates in. By all means use specialist contractors with skills not present in your permanent team for specific projects but not at the cost of investing in, developing and benefiting from permanent staff. Freelancers and contractors wont care about the business or understand the subtlities of the brand or the market the company operates in. By all means use specialist contractors with skills not present in your permanent team for specific projects but not at the cost of investing in, developing and benefiting from permanent staff.

]]> By: Ron Peterson http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/06/how-digital-marketing-allows-us-to-beat-the-jobs-freeze/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Ron Peterson Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:32:02 +0000 http://www.ragstowreckages.com/?p=1070#comment-437 Your premise makes sense but would require each business to hire at least one FTE to manage all the freelancers they'll be doing business with. Businesses would be the brand and most of their employees just nameless contractors. In many businesses today, the bond between employees and employers that once existed has quickly eroded to the point where they may as well be contractors. Your premise makes sense but would require each business to hire at least one FTE to manage all the freelancers they’ll be doing business with.

Businesses would be the brand and most of their employees just nameless contractors.

In many businesses today, the bond between employees and employers that once existed has quickly eroded to the point where they may as well be contractors.

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