{"id":632985,"date":"2020-01-24T08:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=632985"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T23:27:11","slug":"freelancers-in-the-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/project\/freelancers-in-the-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Freelancers in the Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MSC25-trend-remote-Getty-823364650-rgb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A female freelance remote worker sits on an apartment balcony with a latop and cup of coffee.\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MSC25-trend-remote-Getty-823364650-rgb.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MSC25-trend-remote-Getty-823364650-rgb-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MSC25-trend-remote-Getty-823364650-rgb-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MSC25-trend-remote-Getty-823364650-rgb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MSC25-trend-remote-Getty-823364650-rgb-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MSC25-trend-remote-Getty-823364650-rgb-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MSC25-trend-remote-Getty-823364650-rgb-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2121px) 100vw, 2121px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 \">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h2\" id=\"freelancers-in-the-enterprise\">Freelancers in the Enterprise<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Recently there has been a marked rise in corporations using freelance platforms to hire on-demand workers because of the apparent benefits in the cost and speed of getting work done. 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