Re:Public Money, Public Code
by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @11:57PM
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> Splitting those people into "govt employees" and "contractors" doesn't reduce the number of people involved.
It increases it, because (even optimally) you need the same number of people doing the main work, and as supervisors, HR support, etc., for the main workers, plus you have additional contracting and contract management overhead on both sides.
It increases it, because (even optimally) you need the same number of people doing the main work, and as supervisors, HR support, etc., for the main workers, plus you have additional contracting and contract management overhead on both sides.