Veelgestelde vragen

Hiring nearshore, answered.

The questions every client asks before the first placement — answered straight. Anything else is a 30-minute call.

The model
How fast can a specialist start?

Within two weeks of the intro call as standard: vetted profiles within days, your interviews in week one, contracts and onboarding handled by us.

Hoe werkt de proefperiode van 60 dagen?

The first 60 days are the proof. If the match isn't right, the placement ends without long-term obligation — or we replace the profile from the network. The risk of a wrong hire stays with us.

Who handles contracts, payroll and compliance?

Probegin. One Dutch counterparty, one invoice; employment, payroll and cross-border compliance are our responsibility — which also keeps you clear of Dutch freelance-classification (DBA) risk.

Where do the specialists work from?

Our network spans the Netherlands, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Bulgaria — all CET ±1, all fluent English (C1). Standups feel local because they are.

Can we scale from one specialist to a team?

That's the normal path — start with one, grow to five, keep one contract. Scaling down works the same way, with reasonable notice instead of penalties.

AI-era roles & delivery
What are AI-native roles?

The roles the AI era invented: AI agent designers, AI engineers, customer engineers, implementation specialists, AI automation engineers and data engineers. Each has a dedicated page describing the work and how we vet for it.

How do you vet for roles this new?

On artifacts and exercises, not CVs: shipped work, live design or build tasks, and evaluation-writing. The battery is role-specific and documented — you see exactly what was tested.

What is the AI automation audit?

A fixed-price, six-week engagement: two weeks of workflow triage producing a ranked ROI map, then the first agent live in production with evals and handover. The lowest-risk way to start with AI delivery.

Do you deliver projects or only place people?

Both. Staff augmentation for capacity, and outcome-scoped implementation pods when you want a result — with capability transfer, so your team can run what we build.

Who owns the IP of what a pod builds?

You do — code, prompts, evals and documentation transfer in full. No platform lock-in to us.

Rates & practicalities
What does it cost?

One all-in rate per specialist, quoted with the shortlist. Public context: Dutch IT detachering averages €65–150/hour; NL freelance AI consultants quote €800–1,500/day — direct nearshore placement lands below comparable local seniority. Details on the rates page.

Do you sign NDAs?

Yes, and early — before any detailed discussion of your product, data or roadmap.

What if the specialist leaves mid-engagement?

We replace from the network and manage the handover. Continuity risk is structurally ours — that's a core difference from hiring a freelancer directly.

Do you work with enterprises and scale-ups both?

Yes — teams at KPN, ING and Vattenfall have run on Probegin people for years, and the same model serves scale-ups from their first senior hire.

Which time zone and language do teams work in?

CET ±1 and English (C1) as standard; Dutch-speaking profiles available for roles that need it.

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