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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by cyberpunk on Monday January 01, 2024 @02:34AM (#38830262)
Contractors can be billed to a project, it’s much easier to pass with the finance dept than justifying why one new hire should get 4x what someone else with the same job title gets.
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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by chii on Monday January 01, 2024 @03:05AM (#38830360)
> get 4x what someone else with the same job title gets.

some enterprising manager realizes this, makes up a new job title (that sound important) to justify the 4x salary, and thus lead to job title inflation as other people sees such a title earning high.

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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by pydry on Monday January 01, 2024 @04:00AM (#38830555)
It's justifying why the new hire gets more than their manager that is really hard.

It's also easier to book a high fixed cost than a high ongoing cost.

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Re:27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on... by FullyFunctional on Monday January 01, 2024 @06:04AM (#38831034)
Contractors are easier to hire and much easier to fire than permanent employees. I've had both good and absolutely terrible experience with QoR of contractors, but IMO the biggest problem is the loss of institutional knowledge when the contract ends. No amount of reports makes up for the warm body in the room that can say, "actually, the reason for this is ...".
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