How do you go about finding freelancers that are willing to consider employment?
From all my experience, there are very few freelancers in general that are considering employment at all (though the percentage is slightly higher among non-devs). And for the few that are considering employment, you'd would usually have to put a lot of equity into the compensation package to make up for the (usually) significantly lower salary.
As a freelancer I've also offered that option to potential clients/employers, but clients always decline that, citing bad experiences in the past, where they've felt bait-and-switched as after the "trial period" freelancers usually want to switch over to employment.
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How do you go about finding freelancers that are willing to consider employment?
From all my experience, there are very few freelancers in general that are considering employment at all (though the percentage is slightly higher among non-devs). And for the few that are considering employment, you'd would usually have to put a lot of equity into the compensation package to make up for the (usually) significantly lower salary.
As a freelancer I've also offered that option to potential clients/employers, but clients always decline that, citing bad experiences in the past, where they've felt bait-and-switched as after the "trial period" freelancers usually want to switch over to employment.