Don't think that being a contractor is hard, in some countries you can just start invoicing without any company creation or registration as long as you declare the income and pay required taxes.
The downside is that anyone working as an independent contract can up and quit at moments notice. If you try to enforce exclusivity or a full time, fixed 'employment' roster some countries can sue you for fraud. The idea being that you are using contractors for full time employees and thus your company should pay employer taxes in that country.