问HN：为什么我的财富500强雇主愿意支付给自由职业者五倍的费用？
我稍微改变了一些事实，但故事的核心依然存在。
这绝对是让我感到困惑的时刻，因为某些事情不合逻辑，而我还没有理解文化方面的内容，或者一些我尚未识别的隐秘原因。在生活的几乎所有方面，我已经不再有这个问题，但企业生活对我来说是全新的。
所以你能帮我一下吗？
我在荷兰的一个市场营销部门工作，我们迫切需要更多的IT技能。我恰好是一名软件工程师，现在转行做数据分析师，这也是我们能够快速启动技术项目的原因。IT人员作为自由职业者的收费大约是每小时150欧元，而我作为员工的时薪是30欧元。我知道作为员工，我的30欧元实际上是“更多”的，因为还有假期和养老金等福利，但这与150欧元相差甚远。而且，这些自由职业者已经在这里按小时工作了好几年。
他们问我，如何管理我们50万欧元的预算。我问他们：“为什么不试试让你们现有的员工以每小时75欧元的价格，额外工作20小时，作为自由职业者呢？”
经理：“我们不能这样做。”
我：“但你们这样可以节省50%的成本，而且可以减少间接费用，因为他们的自由职业任务与他们的实际角色相邻，但由于这不是他们的实际角色，因此可以合理地进行自由职业。”
经理：“是的，但那样的话，部门里的每个人都想以这种方式自由职业。”
我：“所以你是在告诉我，我可以去外面自由职业额外工作20小时，但就是不能在这家公司做？”
经理：“是的，只要不是在同一行业的公司就可以。”
我：“但那样会产生各种间接费用。为什么我不直接为你们自由职业呢？你们告诉我想要创新，并且强烈关注人工智能，而我目前是你们部门唯一能够兑现这个承诺的人。”
经理：“这就是不行的方式。”
有人能告诉我为什么不行吗？高层的市场经理们谈论人工智能和创新让我感到沮丧。我实际上在倾听，利用我的软件工程技能以新颖的方式使用人工智能，通过自动化大型语言模型，确实完成了一些新事物，但当我想加倍努力，要求额外工作20小时时，他们却不愿意这样做。然而，他们却完全可以去外部公司支付数十万欧元，来完成我一个月内创造的东西。
我感到沮丧和困惑。如果有人能给我一些关于“商业世界如何运作”的清晰解释，那将非常好。因为这实在是没有道理。
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I've changed some facts a bit. The story still stands.<p>This is definitely one of those times where I'm breaking my brain because something isn't logical and I haven't yet understand the cultural side of things, or hidden reasons I haven't identified yet. In almost all aspects of life, I don't have this issue anymore, but corporate life is new to me.<p>So could you please help me out?<p>I work in the Netherlands in a marketing department where we have a dire need for more IT skills. I happen to have been a software engineer currently turned data analyst which is why we're capable of launching technical projects fast. IT people are being hired as freelancers around 150 euro's per hour. I'm making 30 euro's per hour as an employee. I know that as an employee my 30 euro's is actually "more" due to vacation and pension, etc. but it's nowhere near 150 euro's. Also, these freelancers have been working here for years on a per hour basis.<p>They were asking me, among others, how we should manage our budget of half a million euro's. I asked them: "why don't you simply see if you can ask your current staff to work 20 hours more for 75 euro's per hour on a freelance basis?"<p>Manager: "We can't do that."<p>Me: "but you're cutting costs by 50% plus you minimize overhead because their freelance tasks are adjacent to their actual roles but given it's not their actual role, a freelance assignment is warranted."<p>Manager: "yea but then everyone wants to freelance in this department like that."<p>Me: "So you're telling me that I can go out and freelance for an additional 20 hours but just not with this company?"<p>Manager: "Yea sure as long as it's not a company in the same industry."<p>Me: "But that would create all kinds of overhead. Why don't I just freelance for you guys? You told me you want innovation and a strong focus on AI and I'm currently the only person in your department who can make good on that promise."<p>Manager: "That's just not how it works."<p>Can anyone tell me why not? It frustrates me that marketing managers from high up talking about AI and innovation. I actually listen, use my software engineering skills to use AI in novel ways by automating LLMs, new things do actually get done but then when it comes to doubling down on it, and I'm asking to work 20 hours more, they don't want to do that. But they would be totally fine to go to an external company and pay hundreds of thousands of euro's for something that I created in a month.<p>I feel frustrated and confused. If someone has some clarity on this and can tell me "how the business world works" that would be really nice. Because it doesn't make sense.