From his room, Paul, 24, pockets 4,000 euros net monthly. A few months earlier, this SEO consultant, who optimizes the visibility of different brands, raised this sum from Canada or Thailand. Freshly graduated from a master's degree at IAE, he set out on his own. He was already carrying out missions, and at the same time working on his notoriety on LinkedIn. He has perfect autonomy: he modulates his days as he wishes, limiting himself to 7 or 8 hours a day, and enjoying the comfort of his den. Just like him, 9 out of 10 freelancers are not looking for a salaried position, according to the Malt platform's study of 5,000 freelancers in Europe.
They even refuse offers, right out of school, like Paul, who did not wish to continue in the structure that welcomed him on a work-study basis. Claude, 25, was unlucky. He completed his engineering course in the middle of a pandemic, which thwarted his desires elsewhere. This data analyst, whose job is to collect data in order to boost marketing performance, accepted a permanent contract
“waiting”
to be able to embrace his plans, he explains today from Bangkok. These profiles correspond to a new trend:
“The average age remains
37 years, but the age pyramid is more fragmented, at the extremes, with young people and seniors
,” observes Alexandre Fretti, general director of Malt.
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