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		flir on Aug 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer I've found that paying companies a big pile of cash to do a thing is much more acceptable than paying an individual a big pile of cash to do the same thing. I don't know why. Risk management maybe.

irrational on Aug 17, 2022 [–]

If the person is a full time employee you have to pay benefits and you can’t just fire them when the project is done. Easier to just contract it out.

ismailegilmez on Aug 17, 2022 | [–]

Yeah, I totally agree with that. It might be better to just contract the job out.

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