Als Freiberufler oder B2B-Auftragnehmer arbeiten vs Festanstellung
Wenn du handelst
Freiberuflichkeit / B2B-Selbstständigkeit
37%
Wenn du nicht handelst
Klassisches Angestelltenverhältnis
28%
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Evidenzqualität 4.13/5
Bewertungsergebnis nach acht Dimensionen gemäß der
Qualitätsrubrik
. Jede Dimension wird mit 1–5 bewertet.
D1 Quellenüberprüfung
5/5
D2 Quellenautorität & Unabhängigkeit
4/5
D3 Genauigkeit der Bedauernsrate
2/5
D4 Vergleichbarkeit der Quellen
3/5
D5 Gilovich-Muster
5/5
D6 Prosaqualität
5/5
D7 Vollständigkeit der Einschränkungen
5/5
D8 Stichprobenqualität
4/5
Durchschnitt4.13/5
Stellvertretende Daten — für diese Entscheidung gibt es keine direkte Bedauernsstudie. Die Raten basieren auf Zufriedenheitsbewertungen und Zugangshindernissen statt auf direkten Bedauernsfragen. Siehe Vorbehalte unten.
Reue fürs Handeln
Freiberuflichkeit / B2B-Selbstständigkeit
37%
Proxy (kein gemessenes Bedauern): 37% der Freelancer sagen nicht, dass Freelancing lohnender ist als eine Anstellung — das Komplement der 63%, die dies tun, ein relatives Belohnungsurteil und nicht Bedauern darüber, sich für Freelancing entschieden zu haben
US- und britische Freelancer, Online-Panel
retrospektiv, kein fester Zeitraum
Reue fürs Unterlassen
Klassisches Angestelltenverhältnis
28%
Proxy (kein gemessenes Bedauern): 28% der derzeitigen Angestellten in den USA und Großbritannien planen, innerhalb der nächsten fünf Jahre freiberuflich zu arbeiten — ein Maß für die Absicht zu wechseln (ein näherer Proxy für das Bedauern über eine traditionelle Anstellung als Zufriedenheit), keine direkte Bedauernsrate
Neither side of this entry carries a direct regret measure, so both rates are
proxies. On the freelancer (action) side, Remote.com’s global survey finds that
37% of freelancers do not consider independent work more rewarding than
traditional employment — the complement of the 63% who do. McKinsey’s 2022
American Opportunity Survey sets a floor under that figure: 26% freelance
out of necessity rather than choice, so the true action-side proxy plausibly
sits in the 26-37% band. On the employment (inaction) side, the cleanest proxy
the same Remote.com survey offers is intent to switch away: 28% of current
US-and-UK employees actively plan to start freelancing within five years. Wanting
to leave employment for freelancing is a closer stand-in for regretting the
employment choice than a general job-dissatisfaction figure, which conflates
everyday grievances with career-structure regret. Drawing both headline proxies
from one consistent survey also removes the earlier apples-to-oranges pairing of
two different vendors’ panels.
Read as proxies, the figures lean slightly toward higher action-side regret
(37%) than inaction-side intent-to-leave (28%), but the gap is small and the two
constructs are not identical, so the direction is weakly held rather than a clean
asymmetry. MBO Partners’ 2024 State of Independence report confirms that
full-time independents report higher satisfaction than employees on 12 of 14
dimensions measured (65% of full-time independents say they feel more secure
working independently), a real but incremental edge, not the 2:1 ratio
previously suggested by misusing Gallup’s engagement metric. The earlier
version of this entry used Gallup’s 69% employee
disengagement figure as an inaction-regret proxy, which was invalid: not being
“engaged” at work (a measure of daily effort and emotional connection to one’s
employer) is categorically different from regretting one’s career structure.
The main interpretive hazard is construct mismatch — the revised figures still
compare “finding freelancing less rewarding than employment” (action side) with
“planning to switch to freelancing” (inaction side), which are related but
non-identical sentiments, neither of them a verbatim regret item. Survivor bias
flatters the action side: freelancers who failed and re-entered employment
vanish from freelancer satisfaction panels. The most honest summary the data
supports is that both arrangements leave a sizeable minority looking toward the
other, with a slight tilt toward proxy regret on the freelancing side. Neither
path is a clearly regret-free choice; the decision depends on individual risk
tolerance, income needs, and preference for autonomy versus stability.
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[1]Remote.com — Remote's Global Freelancer Report
Primärstudie
63% of freelancers find freelancing more rewarding than being a regular employee; 37% do not
Auszug
“"Over two thirds (68%) of freelancers we surveyed said they have had a positive experience overall as a freelancer, and another 63% said they find it more rewarding than being a regular employee."
”
Quelldaten von
2023-06-15
Abgerufen
2026-04-26
Berechnung
Remote.com surveyed 3,000 business owners, freelancers, and employees in the US and UK. The 37% action-regret proxy is the complement of the 63% who prefer freelancing. This overstates true regret — some of the 37% are indifferent rather than regretful — but it is the closest published figure to a direct preference measure.
[2]McKinsey Global Institute — Freelance, side hustles, and gigs: Many more Americans have become independent workers
Referenzquelle
26% of independent workers do it out of necessity rather than choice, up from 14% in 2016
Auszug
“"Just over a quarter of respondents say they do independent work because it's what they have to do to support themselves, which is a large increase over the 14 percent of respondents in 2016 research who said they did independent work out of necessity and as a primary source of income."
”
Quelldaten von
2022-08-18
Abgerufen
2026-04-26
Berechnung
McKinsey 2022 American Opportunity Survey. The 26% necessity-driven figure is a lower bound on action regret: these workers would prefer traditional employment but lack the option. Corroborates the Remote.com 37% as an upper bound. The true action-regret rate likely falls in the 26-37% range.
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[1]Remote.com — Remote's Global Freelancer Report
Primärstudie
Almost three in ten (28%) current employees in the US and UK plan to do freelance work in the next five years
Auszug
“"Almost three in ten (28%) current employees in the US and UK plan to do freelance work in the next five years."
”
Quelldaten von
2023-06-15
Abgerufen
2026-04-26
Berechnung
Remote.com surveyed 3,000 employers, employees, and freelancers in the US and UK during December 2022. The inaction-side proxy uses the directly-reported 28% intent-to-freelance figure: employees who plan to switch away from employment toward freelancing is a closer proxy for regretting the employment choice than general job dissatisfaction, which conflates day-to-day grievances with career-structure regret. This replaces the previous Gallup engagement figure (69%), which measured engagement with one's current employer — not career-structure regret — and produced an artificially large gap. The same Remote.com report supplies the action-side 63%/37% preference split, so both headline proxies come from one consistent US-and-UK survey.
[2]MBO Partners — 2024 State of Independence in America Report
Verifiziert
Primärstudie
65% of full-time independents feel more secure working independently; independent workers report higher satisfaction on 12 of 14 dimensions
Auszug
“"65% of full-time independents say they feel more secure working independently. Independent workers report higher satisfaction than traditional employees on work-life balance, purpose, autonomy, and overall career satisfaction."
”
Quelldaten von
2024-10-01
Abgerufen
2026-04-26
Verifizierung
Der Auszug wurde bei unserer Grounding-Prüfung unabhängig erneut abgerufen und Wort für Wort mit der zitierten Quelle abgeglichen.
Berechnung
MBO Partners 15th annual State of Independence study. The higher satisfaction among independents vs employees supports the direction of inaction-side dissatisfaction among traditional workers. Does not provide a direct inaction-regret rate but confirms the satisfaction gap from an independent, longitudinal source.
Einschränkungen
Neither rate is a direct regret measure. The action-side 37% is the complement of freelancers who "find freelancing more rewarding than employment" (Remote.com) — preference for one arrangement is not the same as regretting the other; McKinsey's 26% necessity-driven figure is its empirical floor, so true action regret likely sits in the 26-37% band. The inaction-side rate uses the same Remote.com survey's directly-reported 28% intent-to-freelance figure (US-and-UK employees who plan to switch to freelance work within five years) as a proxy: wanting to leave employment for freelancing is closer to regretting the employment choice than general job dissatisfaction, which conflates everyday grievances with career-structure regret. Using one consistent Remote.com survey for both headline proxies replaces the previous entry's Gallup 69% disengagement rate, which measured engagement with one's current employer — a completely different construct — and produced an artificially large gap. Read as proxies, the figures lean toward higher action-side proxy regret (37%) than inaction-side intent-to-leave (28%), but the difference is small and the constructs differ, so the direction is weakly held. Survivor bias remains an issue: freelancers who failed and returned to employment are absent from freelancer satisfaction surveys, which flatters the action side.
