Freelancers: Need of the Hour

Today, freelancing is as popular as Bollywood films. It is something that is giving an impetus to the gig economy around the globe in general. Especially for India. Freelancers provide fodder to the economy. No wonder, they are increasing year by year.

Freelancers are the need of the hour in the 21st century. Every industry, be it an IT company, or fashion designing hub hires freelancers who can unburden them from a hectic schedule. With increasing work pressure and strict deadlines, these independent employees come on board and play a crucial role.

The ‘Make in India’ concept has encouraged many startups. These small and infant businesses can definitely cannot afford employees on a large scale. Hence for them, freelancers come into play and are eminent for these new businessmen. Instead of paying high salaries to their employees, they prefer to pay contractors or freelancers who work from home, have professional skills, and submit projects on time.

Since employees prefer working for a fixed number of hours and are less likely to work overtime, it paves the way for freelancers to step in. They work for flexible hours and even work overtime when needed, adding a cherry on the cake. Hence, freelancers have been a boon to the startups in India.

Multi-national companies often work on multiple tasks at one time. That too, on international time-zone. Operating on a large scale globally can be quite hectic. Also, the number of employees fall short for completing their projects or tasks.

Thus, in such a case, freelancers become crucial for them. They complete their tasks, perhaps at a suitable amount and with flexible working hours. Freelancers do not have commuting problems neither do they have rigid working hours.

All thanks to globalization that has permitted entry of the multi-national companies into our country. Although they employ a large chunk of employees in their offices every year, yet they need freelancers to complete certain projects.

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Hence, even multi-national companies prefer freelancers over full-time employees. Moreover, with the world turning more technologically advanced and scientists producing robots in each business sector, the number of employees may shrink from offices. Robots soon will be replacing human resources in the future.

If with the development of machines, companies can earn high from mechanical work, who would love to keep employees and pay the then hefty amount? They would just need freelancers to work in certain projects sitting at any corner of the world in a minimum time.

Penetration of smartphones and fast internet facilities have also made the task of freelancers really easy and to some extent provided ease to employers too. Freelancers can easily do their tasks at anytime and from anywhere. They no more need laptops all the time neither they need to fret over internet connectivity.

They can complete their tasks in a jiffy and worrying much. Content writers and designers are bagging freelancing jobs today at a congenial pay scale. Content writers in particular are much in demand in the market in all sectors globally.

They are crucial for almost all the industries from IT to e-commerce. Even advertising agencies, news hubs and PR firms and are in need of dedicated freelancers today. Even the online gaming industry is largely dependent on freelancers be it for designing, web development or content writing.

Thus, freelancing will rise in a decade and is more likely to replace a large chunk of regular employees from the market. Even today, many freelance jobs are allotted to freelancers in India from abroad. In fact, Indian is the second largest hub for freelancers after U.S.