DevCon Summit 2014 #DevelopersUnitePH: Microsourcing Philippines

1. To be a
Freelancer or Full-Time-Employee?
November 2014

2. A Comparison (1)
Freelancer
§ Independent and flexible
§ No job security
§ No employer-provided benefits
§ No Health or Life Insurance
§ No Paid Vacation, Sick and
Holiday leaves
§ No SSS, Pagibig and Philhealth
contributions
§ No Maternity/Paternity leaves
§ No retirement
§ No SSS/Pagibig Loans
§ No Philhealth assistance
§ No Labor Law Protection
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Full-Time-Employee
§ You have a boss
§ Job security
§ Employer-provided benefits
§ Health or Life Insurance
§ Paid Vacation, Sick and Holiday
leaves (Est. 40 dys)
§ Profit Sharing and other
incentives
§ SSS, Pagibig and Philhealth
Benefits
§ Maternity/Paternity leaves
§ Retirement
§ SSS/Pagibig Loans
§ Philhealth assistance
§ Labor Law Protection

3. A Comparison (2)
Freelancer
§ Risk of not being paid
§ Liability for business debts
§ Other aspects
§ Work and Income is unstable
§ Works alone
§ Secure projects, interviews,
self- marketing
§ Requires self-discipline and
organization
§ Manage insurances, taxes,
retirement, medical expenses
yourself
§ No bank loans
§ You earn more?
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Full-Time-Employee
§ Other aspects:
§ Stable income
§ Social bonding with co-workers
§ Develop your expertise
§ path
§ Training and Development
§ Focus on developing your
expertise
§ Easier to get bank loans
§ You earn less?
What
is
it
what
you
want?

4. MicroSourcing
MicroSourcing and MicroCreatives offer opportunities for
Full-time-employees AND freelancers:
§ Variety of clients: small and large, quirky and corporate
§ Variety of projects: big and small, graphic design, programming,
content writers, SEO etc
§ Interaction: mostly in direct contact with clients
§ Schedule: in coordination with the client, flexi schedule
§ Training: MicroSourcing provides MS University and clients offer
training, sometimes even abroad
§ Security: You will know us and you know that you will get paid
We are currently especially interested in:
§ Graphic Designers (6 positions)
§ Developers (19 positions - PHP, iOS, Java, DB)
§ Ruby on Rails and Magento programmers
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5. Contact us
About
the
Company:
If
you
want
to
apply:
If
you
want
to
refer:
For anything else J:
Sophie Woo
CSO of MicroSourcing
sophie@microsourcing.com
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