12 reasons why Startups should hire a developer instead of Freelancers

Freelancers vs. Developers — The Preferred Choice

Advances in technology have opened up innumerable number of opportunities. This is more evident in the IT / ITES sectors, where emerged in the horizon. However, challenges faced by these start-up companies, right from their inception, are not small. It’s never an easy walk in the park. The biggest and most likely part of their recruitment process, for start-up companies, is hiring the right man for the right job.

Freelancing is one option, which most of the workforce, across the globe, seems to be in the present day competitive world. Recent statistics conveyed by 34% of America’s workforce, which is contributing to the economy of that country, by perusing freelancing and their contributions.

However, many companies, globally, still prefer the tried and tested method of working with full time software developers and not freelancers. This article gives us an insight into what we can think of, for these IT giants, to continue to think so that way.

How Developers are an asset to any Organization

When it comes to continuity in work, an in-house developer is a better option than a freelancer. A freelancer’s objective is always to develop his own business. The challenge with freelancers is in the process of being able to work with the company as a whole. prioritized and evenly distributed.

• Seldom are companies successful in hiring freelancers, who are good in multitasking. With technology and speed, it is essential for both freelancers and developers, to keep themselves more and more flexible, it becomes easier for any company, to conduct advanced training programs, for their in-house developers as compared to freelancers , on the required domains, reporting to their nature of business, in tune with the changes.
• Developers in-house score over freelancers as they can contribute to their organization. Developing a clientele may be a task for a freelancer, as they are not completely knowledgeable about the company they are working for and the history, the developers are aware of the organizational needs, to a greater depth.
• Having a good social interaction at work, one of the important aspects, in an employee doing well at his work place. A regular developer, in addition to his routine responsibilities, for some social interaction with his / her colleagues in office. This helps the companies understand their regular work force and maintain equilibrium. Freelancers do not offer this flexibility they are confined to working alone.
• Monitoring the progress of in-house developers is an easier for any organization, compared to a freelance developer.
• Though a freelancer would like to retain a company as his / her client, the company’s individual success is not their priority. On the contrary, a full-time employee is likely to feel more comfortable with your organization, and therefore more motivated and energetic, to add to the bottom line.
• Companies would prefer to have a permanent employee, to have the flexibility to extend benefits, like medical allowance, travel allowance, insurance cover, provident fund etc. to the employee who will be happy to accept more
• Companies can expect an in-house developer and maintain data integrity, while executing a project, than a freelancer.
• When it comes to managing stress while working on critical projects with tight deadlines, having a team of in-house developers, works well for any organization, than a freelancer. This is because of the crunch times, the workload can be shared, and the limits of the frequency of the delivery are higher.
• It is well-understood by most of the organizations that the customer relationship is of paramount importance and how much value, a post project customer support, adds to the image of any organization. Freelancers, by and large, limit themselves to a particular project, as they handle multiple projects at the same time. This may cause great hardships to any organizations, when bugs appear and nobody is there to address them. On the other hand, with a well-equipped team of developers, companies can keep their customers happy with continued support, at all times.
• Developers working as employees of well established companies, bringing along with them, greater stability and lesser risk, For a customer of any company, a successful project developer and a well-equipped team of developers, a pre-requisite to hand over complex projects, to the organization, it becomes easier for the customer, to choose a company with good background and developers are the main stay of any good company.
• Freelancers are also good at planning and organizing their work schedules, as much as they are. Most companies face deadlines, due to this factor.

Conclusion

Dedicated developers bring in visible advantages as compared to freelancers. With dedicated developers , there is no longer a threat to your source code, and you will always be able to work at your own time.Compared to freelancers all times. More importantly, compared to freelancers, dedicated developers, the flexibility, the cost effectiveness, the better turnaround time, the required skills and expertise, which any customer would love to have.

This Article was originally published by DeveloperOnRent