People & Leadership · Future of Work

FreelanceVsEmployment — W2, 1099, or Hybrid Year

Build a 3-year financial and career model that compares staying W2, going pure freelance, or negotiating a hybrid path — using honest utilization, benefits-equivalent math, downside stress-tests, and a 5-factor decision framework.

5 rounds Executive English, Español
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Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 5 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Current gross salary (€)
  • Avg annual raise (%)
  • Annual bonus (€)
  • Benefits-equivalent per year (€)
  • Day rate (€)
  • Honest Year-1 utilization (%)
  • Annual business costs % of revenue
  • Stress-test scenario
  • Months of fixed-cost buffer saved
  • Hybrid arrangement to negotiate

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • Your Inputs This Round
  • 3-Year Net Comparison Across Rounds

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Future of Work.

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