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Board Economics
Re: Gig workers — employees or employers?
by
HONDACD125
on 09/06/2025, 12:22:41 UTC
Every job actually has its own freedom, it's just which freedom we like and of course everyone chooses a job with a high salary, whether it's working in a company or choosing freelance. In addition, if you think about it, freedom is not about work but about how we interpret a condition.

Office work can be financially stable, Freelancers are free not to have to come to the office and Business, free from superiors. Well, basically what we focus on will shape our mindset. And how perfect it would be if we did all three and could divide our time well which is much better for achieving financial stability in the future. Because the more income, the closer you will be to achieving financial freedom.

After years of observation and being a part of the industry myself, I've realized that freelancing is not as lucrative or full of freedom as people think it is. People think that one can earn a lot of money by spending less time through freelancing, but that's not entirely true unless you are someone who is extremely talented and has created a name that gets you high-paying clients even for small gigs or jobs. Otherwise, the amount of money you will earn will be directly proportional to the amount of time you spend.

It's pretty simple: freelancing works on gig to gig basis, which means that you get a gig or an order from a client, you complete it, and get paid once the client approves your work, so for you to earn more money, you will need to complete more work, and completing more work requires you to spend more time, not to mention the revisions your clients may ask which are free extra work that you do for them if they don't like something in your work.

So, things are not always as easy as they look like, and not everyone on social media will tell you the real struggle.