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Let's all focus on bringing those numbers up for Eastern Europe in 2026! We have been trying hard for the past three years to change the trend for Eastern Europe. There are multiple benefits for employers when working with part-timers! We've seen greater flexibility (for both sides), higher productivity and better employer employee relations with part-time roles.

In 2024, 17.1% of employed people in the EU were working part-time. 💼

Highest shares in:

🇳🇱Netherlands (38.6%)
🇦🇹Austria (30.7%)
🇩🇪Germany (28.9%)

Lowest in:

🇧🇬Bulgaria (1.5%)
🇷🇴Romania (2.9%)
🇭🇷Croatia (3.0%)

Learn more 👉 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Part-time_and_full-time_employment_-_statistics

In-House vs. Freelance IT: Who Really Has the Edge?
In-house hires bring stability, but when it comes to cost, speed, flexibility, and risk, freelance IT professionals are pulling ahead.
At GigsRemote, we see it daily:
- 24–50% cost savings vs Western Europe
- Under 3 weeks to onboard senior freelancers
- Scale up or down as projects demand
- No disruption if someone isn’t the right fit

Read the full blog here: https://blog.gigsremote.com/in-house-vs-freelance-it-professionals-why-freelance-has-the-edge

In-House vs Freelance IT Professionals: Why Freelance Has the Edge Learn how Eastern European freelance IT experts help Western European companies cut costs, hire in weeks, and scale with less risk.

Hiring great developers isn’t enough—fit is what unlocks time-to-value. In this quick walkthrough, we show how to get seniors productive fast and aligned with your stack and rituals:

• Define outcomes > roles
• Track deploys, lead time, MTTR, CFR, cost/feature
• Keep solid rituals: stand-ups, demos, and arch huddles
• Shared Definition of Done (reviews, tests, security, docs)
• Tooling alignment (repos, CI/CD, IaC, observability)
• Security-first vetting: live skills + identity & liveness (anti-deepfake)

Watch on YouTube (link below) to see how we initiate a 6–8 week pilot and let the data determine whether to scale or convert: https://youtu.be/sBnxy1wXGfA

Best Practices & Developer Fit Hiring great developers is only half the job—fit is what unlocks time-to-value. In this 2-minute video, we break down how to get developers productive fast a...

New video: How we keep remote hiring safe, fast, and predictable.

See how our vetting goes beyond resumes—live technical validation, identity & liveness checks (anti-deepfake), and professionalism signals.

Watch our 2-minute breakdown and let us help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_UHdrxtmMI

How GigsRemote Vets Freelancers (So You Can Rely on Results) Hiring remotely should feel safe, fast, and predictable. In this video, we walk through GigsRemote’s multi-layer vetting process—built to surface senior, han...