Free Agent Backlash
What does it mean for your business?
Maybe so, but is an employer backlash looming against the “free agent nation”? Workplace consultant John Izzo, co-author of Values Shift: The New Work Ethic & What It Means for Business (Fairwinds Press), sees resentment of freelancers as employers fight to hang on to their full-time employees in a tight labor market. While many employers realize they need to outsource certain aspects of their businesses to be cost-effective, they now want to create loyal stakeholders in their businesses. “There’s an acceptance that free agents are part of the landscape,” says Izzo, “but there’s [also] a trend toward wanting people who have a financial and personal stake in the company.”
Excerpted from the June issue of Entrepreneur magazine
Maybe so, but is an employer backlash looming against the “free agent nation”? Workplace consultant John Izzo, co-author of Values Shift: The New Work Ethic & What It Means for Business (Fairwinds Press), sees resentment of freelancers as employers fight to hang on to their full-time employees in a tight labor market. While many employers realize they need to outsource certain aspects of their businesses to be cost-effective, they now want to create loyal stakeholders in their businesses. “There’s an acceptance that free agents are part of the landscape,” says Izzo, “but there’s [also] a trend toward wanting people who have a financial and personal stake in the company.”
Excerpted from the June issue of Entrepreneur magazine
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