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Originally Posted by lorenavedon
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.
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I think we all know what a contractor is.
I know this is all anecdotal, but I've worked for 4 different EPCs and the number of contractors at each company was very small, as in less than 10% of the staff. In fact I can only think of 1 contractor right now at my current job out of about 80 employees.
I'm sure everyone around here has had similar experiences to me, but this is now getting a bit off topic.