The New Work Order and its impact

Entrepreneurs use the term “New Work Order” to describe a workplace characterised by autonomy, flexibility and freelancing. There are no longer any fixed orders, neither in terms of content nor structure. What this means and what changes this new work system entails are the first findings from science.

Work where you want, as long as you want and when you want. In some workplaces, this is even combined with a flexible salary – according to experts, this is what the new world of work looks like. They call it the New Work Order, referring to the sharp increase in workers who are consciously moving away from being employees and entering self-employment as professionals. What sounds like an uncertain resignation is, for most of those surveyed, a completely new feeling of freedom and independence. One that they do not want to give up so quickly.

A current market analysis of the New Work Order breaks down advantages

Just recently, a new market analysis by the Boston Consulting Group in cooperation with “Malt” focused on “Freelancing in Europe” revealed some astonishing facts. According to the study, most self-employed people would not want to return to a permanent position under any circumstances. Only three percent of all 3,334 respondents could imagine taking this path. All the others seem to be very satisfied with their decision to no longer work for a permanent boss, but to become their own boss. The motives for this decision are above all the great independence that comes with self-employment. That, at least, is the most important criterion cited by 91 per cent of the study participants. This is followed by flexible working hours with 85 percent and finally the choice of work location with 73 percent. The latter can of course be an office, but it can also be a café or one’s own living room. In other words, it can be whatever you like best and where you can concentrate sufficiently.

Highly qualified and motivated

“Malt estimates that there are six million professionals across Europe who are highly qualified but still prefer to work as freelancers rather than be employed somewhere on a fixed salary. Of these, more than half, namely around 3.4 million, work in the digital professional field. This is of course ideal for working in the New Work Order, because working on a laptop is absolutely flexible and does not require a fixed workplace. Nevertheless, there are also freelancers who work in classic professional profiles and are still self-employed. Here, there is an increase of 63 percent in the number of new registrations at Malt, compared to the growth of 39 percent in digital occupational fields. The market for self-employed people is basically in constant growth, not only in terms of what is on offer, but also in terms of the willingness to leave a secure employment relationship and take the plunge. The portal recorded eleven percent growth overall this year.

What do self-employed people bring to the New Work Order employer?

In principle, the use of self-employed labour resources can also bring great benefits for the companies themselves. They can choose qualified professionals for certain projects without committing to these employees in the long term. This makes on-site work very flexible. In addition, salary negotiations for specific assignments can be handled just as flexibly. Once a project is completed, there is no need to continue employing anyone. And there is no need to train your own skilled workers, because you are, so to speak, borrowing them. No wonder, then, that in many companies more and more freelancers are taking on important work tasks that are deliberately outsourced so that the capacities can be used sensibly. Experts are certain that this is a trend with future potential, because the number of self-employed people continues to rise and so does the demand for such “jumpers”. Those who rethink the New Work Order will have no problem making the leap.

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