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Originally Posted by Yellefan
As someone who works for an EPC I'd say your number is way off. I'd say 1-2% of our people are contractors-- how would an EPC make money otherwise paying contractors? Bill Bill Bill
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I don't think some of you are aware of what a contractor is. They're basically an employee like everybody else but they run their money through their incorporated company first before paying themselves. It's just another way of getting paid. EPCMs prefer paying regular employees as contractors as they avoid all the hassles of a staffed employee (benefits, 2 weeks layoff notice, vacation time, sick time, etc). Almost every job I've had the company would insist that if I didn't have my own company they would pay to set it up for me just so they could hire me as a contractor instead of in a staff position. This is extremely common in Alberta. I've had interviews where they said that they wouldn't even consider hiring anyone on staff and that if I wasn't incorporated to not even bother.