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minus-squareFizzyOrangelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·13 days agoSince when are contractors lower pay? Companies waste fortunes on them.
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up13·13 days agoThey dont usually have benefits (eg: health insurance) or time off
minus-squareFizzyOrangelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agoEven accounting for that (at least in countries with national healthcare), they’re definitely more expensive than regular employees.
minus-squarenamingthingsiseasylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 days agoYou’re right, but I think the main reason companies like it is because it’s easier to get rid of contractors than full-time employees.
minus-squarepotpotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 days agoEmployees are a liability on the balance sheet whereas contractors are just lumped into a project cost. Healthcare is only a fraction of fringe costs — employer payroll tax, unemployment insurance, facilities and admin…
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·12 days agoThat’s because the agency gets half for basically doing nothing
Since when are contractors lower pay? Companies waste fortunes on them.
They dont usually have benefits (eg: health insurance) or time off
Even accounting for that (at least in countries with national healthcare), they’re definitely more expensive than regular employees.
You’re right, but I think the main reason companies like it is because it’s easier to get rid of contractors than full-time employees.
Employees are a liability on the balance sheet whereas contractors are just lumped into a project cost.
Healthcare is only a fraction of fringe costs — employer payroll tax, unemployment insurance, facilities and admin…
That’s because the agency gets half for basically doing nothing