Comments on: The Difference Between the Mythical “Full-time Freelance Job” and the Full-time Freelancer https://fearlessink.com/2020/07/29/the-difference-between-the-mythical-full-time-freelance-job-and-the-full-time-freelancer/ Where excellent writing meets good business for outstanding results Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 By: The Writerhttps://fearlessink.com/2020/07/29/the-difference-between-the-mythical-full-time-freelance-job-and-the-full-time-freelancer/#comment-107 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:55:10 +0000 https://fearlessink.com/?p=668#comment-107 In reply to Lori.

Forbes, Bloomberg, and WSJ are running articles pushing companies to hire “full-time freelancers” so they don’t have to pay benefits. Um, no. That’s an employee. WSJ is also running articles about how bad working remotely is. As usual, companies determined to lower productivity and morale.

]]> By: Lorihttps://fearlessink.com/2020/07/29/the-difference-between-the-mythical-full-time-freelance-job-and-the-full-time-freelancer/#comment-106 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:09:23 +0000 https://fearlessink.com/?p=668#comment-106 “Full-time” and “freelancer” are contradictory terms, and the only reason a company would use them is to do exactly as you’ve accused them of doing — avoiding paying benefits and overtime.

Like you said, we are full-time freelancers already. Doing that for one company? That’s an employee. Any company that tries to pull that should be sued for benefits.

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