A press agency regularly calls on a freelancer, in addition to its team of permanent employees, to write articles. Following the defection of its usual freelancer, it calls on a new person, who is paid a little more than his predecessor. In deciding whether to continue using him, the company wishes to take into account, among other considerations, the economic performance of this new freelancer. It has the following data for the last month M.
The budget, based on the data of the former freelancer who was doing well, provides the following data for month M :
Number of pages to be written: 20
Number of hours paid to the freelancer 50
Cost per working hour 25€.
The data on the actual work done by the new freelancer in month M are as follows:
The total remuneration of the freelancer = €1,378 for 53 hours of work spent writing 23 pages.
Calculate the total gap with the freelance budget of month M and break it down into as many sub-gaps as possible as necessary. Comment on your results.