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The main difficulty of work with freelancer is that the employer will have to be not just a customer, but actually the head of the project, to check the quality of work, to control the timing of their implementation and coordinate the interaction of freelancer with regular employees of the company. At the same time, it is rather difficult to delegate such authority to anyone, because "office plankton" sometimes has a negative attitude towards the emergence of freelancers, seeing it as a threat to their own comfortable existence.
First of all, any project, for the implementation of which a freelancer is involved, should have a very clear description, a kind of technical task. This will allow both the director and the employee to adequately assess the scope of work performed. The most common problem is that the customer does not consider the task completed in full, and the executor holds the opposite opinion and refuses to perform additional work. Only a detailed description of the future project will save both sides from such a conflict. By the way, a professional freelancer, as a rule, insists on defining his goals and objectives as clearly as possible.
Secondly, if a director decides to apply to a freelancer, he will have to take control over the work. Practice shows that sometimes freelancers do delay the process, leaving most of the work for the last days before the project delivery. Such a situation is easy to avoid: agree on "splitting" the project into the shortest possible stages and a fixed time for each of them, linking it to the payment in installments. This will allow you to control both the terms and quality of the work itself.
The third difficulty that the director may face is the impossibility to get the job in case of an unforeseen failure of the executor. In this case, you either have to accept the delay or look for another executor. It is possible to secure oneself by putting additional time on each stage of the work (without informing the executor). In this way, the employer will always have enough time to solve a sudden problem. However, a freelancer, who values his reputation, will also look for a way out of a critical situation.
A good freelancer will be very careful in determining the time required to complete an order, and will always be willing to explain the considerations that guide him in setting the deadline. Sometimes, the time for the final delivery of the work can only be determined after it has started. The "right" freelancer will ask for specific tasks. Help him dot all the i's and solve this important issue together. Both the client and the performer must have a clear and equal idea of the scope and content of the work. An experienced freelancer will be extremely attentive to the ideas expressed by the director and will not hesitate to ask his advice and recommendations. After listening to the customer's suggestions, he will be able to make his work more qualitative. (By the way, outsource ppt freelancers are extremely attentive to criticism.) A good freelancer will ask for an advance and offer to make it fully refundable in case of non-performance.
The more detailed the customer's wishes will be (and recorded in writing!), the better. An open voice recorder can also be a useful aid in such conversations. A professional freelancer will gladly respond to the request for a step-by-step schedule of work delivery. Setting specific terms and procedures for demonstrating the fruits of his work will discipline the freelancer and make it easier for the director to exercise objective control over his activities. A special issue is safety. A temporary employee can indeed learn something about your business that you would not want to inform anyone about. But the same potential threat is posed by any employee of the company. Most freelancers prefer not to go into any secrets of their customers, and even more so not to disclose them, because they value their peace of mind and professional reputation.
First of all, any project, for the implementation of which a freelancer is involved, should have a very clear description, a kind of technical task. This will allow both the director and the employee to adequately assess the scope of work performed. The most common problem is that the customer does not consider the task completed in full, and the executor holds the opposite opinion and refuses to perform additional work. Only a detailed description of the future project will save both sides from such a conflict. By the way, a professional freelancer, as a rule, insists on defining his goals and objectives as clearly as possible.
Secondly, if a director decides to apply to a freelancer, he will have to take control over the work. Practice shows that sometimes freelancers do delay the process, leaving most of the work for the last days before the project delivery. Such a situation is easy to avoid: agree on "splitting" the project into the shortest possible stages and a fixed time for each of them, linking it to the payment in installments. This will allow you to control both the terms and quality of the work itself.
The third difficulty that the director may face is the impossibility to get the job in case of an unforeseen failure of the executor. In this case, you either have to accept the delay or look for another executor. It is possible to secure oneself by putting additional time on each stage of the work (without informing the executor). In this way, the employer will always have enough time to solve a sudden problem. However, a freelancer, who values his reputation, will also look for a way out of a critical situation.
A good freelancer will be very careful in determining the time required to complete an order, and will always be willing to explain the considerations that guide him in setting the deadline. Sometimes, the time for the final delivery of the work can only be determined after it has started. The "right" freelancer will ask for specific tasks. Help him dot all the i's and solve this important issue together. Both the client and the performer must have a clear and equal idea of the scope and content of the work. An experienced freelancer will be extremely attentive to the ideas expressed by the director and will not hesitate to ask his advice and recommendations. After listening to the customer's suggestions, he will be able to make his work more qualitative. (By the way, outsource ppt freelancers are extremely attentive to criticism.) A good freelancer will ask for an advance and offer to make it fully refundable in case of non-performance.
The more detailed the customer's wishes will be (and recorded in writing!), the better. An open voice recorder can also be a useful aid in such conversations. A professional freelancer will gladly respond to the request for a step-by-step schedule of work delivery. Setting specific terms and procedures for demonstrating the fruits of his work will discipline the freelancer and make it easier for the director to exercise objective control over his activities. A special issue is safety. A temporary employee can indeed learn something about your business that you would not want to inform anyone about. But the same potential threat is posed by any employee of the company. Most freelancers prefer not to go into any secrets of their customers, and even more so not to disclose them, because they value their peace of mind and professional reputation.
