From my experience the biggest thing is that your trading stability for freedom.
Having a full time position gives you stability in knowing you'll get paid whereas freelance you don't.
If your ill then you lose out, there is no sick pay.
You gain infinite freedom to work where you want, when you want, how you want. If you want to work 20 hours one week then you have the ability to do that.
You mention you could work for x months of the year. But country plays a big part in your pay. Some American remote work still requires you to be in America for instance.
You have to be very comfortable with clients, whereas normally your boss would deal with payments, contracts, timescales and negotiations, these are now all your responsibility.
There really is so much to list for pros and cons as it's such a huge topic.
Personally I find it very hard to keep a routine, that's the biggest challenge I've faced along with mental health - not being in an office around people can get quite lonely at times.
Wish you the best of luck ☺️
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From my experience the biggest thing is that your trading stability for freedom.
Having a full time position gives you stability in knowing you'll get paid whereas freelance you don't.
If your ill then you lose out, there is no sick pay.
You gain infinite freedom to work where you want, when you want, how you want. If you want to work 20 hours one week then you have the ability to do that.
You mention you could work for x months of the year. But country plays a big part in your pay. Some American remote work still requires you to be in America for instance.
You have to be very comfortable with clients, whereas normally your boss would deal with payments, contracts, timescales and negotiations, these are now all your responsibility.
There really is so much to list for pros and cons as it's such a huge topic.
Personally I find it very hard to keep a routine, that's the biggest challenge I've faced along with mental health - not being in an office around people can get quite lonely at times.
Wish you the best of luck ☺️