[iwangulenko]

Technical recruiter here.

For okay-paid fulltime roles, you won't never attract people who are after the money. These people will always prefer juicy contracting rates to your small company salary.

You have to try to find people who care less about money and more about other perks like remote work, interesting tasks, a strong technical team, meaningful mission etc.

In Switzerland, which is my market, freelancers aren't liked at all. Someone who freelanced for too long will have a hard time getting a full-time job; people think former freelancers won't ever be loyal and leave once there is a better opportunity. (As with every prejudice, there is some truth to that.)

[ChrisMarshallNY]

> people think former freelancers won't ever be loyal and leave once there is a better opportunity.

I think that's ironic. The entire software development industry in the US is based around retaining full-time employees for stints of 18-24 months.

I remember being lectured that no one wants to hire me because "I'm just waiting for retirement," and "won't be loyal."

Yet they don't have an issue with hiring someone that plans to use their gig as a stepping stone, and will leave behind a steaming pile of spaghetti code that they never had any intentions of maintaining.

There's a real good chance that offering senior developers stability and consistency will be valuable.

I ran a C++ shop, staffed by pretty high-functioning senior developers, for a long time.

When we finally rolled up the department, the engineer with the least seniority had a decade.

[gadders]

>>people think former freelancers won't ever be loyal and leave once there is a better opportunity

That is just common sense, surely? Companies don't hesitate to get rid of people they don't need. Why shouldn't employees leave for better roles? As they say in boxing, if you want loyalty, get a dog.

[b20000]

employees can leave any time they want as well. as a recruiter, don't try to convince people to join the company based on "cool tech" or "culture". just pay people really well, it's as simple as that.

[zerr]

In Germany, I've heard if you stay on the same job for more than a couple of years, people think you're not good enough to chase for next/better opportunities :)

[iwangulenko]

maybe in Berlin