There are typically many contractors to choose from, and it’s difficult to evaluate their quality. For instance, if you want a virtual assistant, it may take several interviews and trials until you find one you like.
I’m not sure what kinds of suppliers you are referring to. If it’s simple things like, “buy paper from this company on Amazon”, that’s typically simpler. The reviews are more indicative of performance and there are often fewer alternatives.
One difference is that orgs can share contractors, but not employees. For instance, my designer only spends around 1-3 hours per week, so has lots of time to help other groups, like EA groups. I’m thinking of low-time, skill-specific workers (the jobs in that list would all only work a few hours per month or similar)
I’m curious, how does that work in the US? Why is contract work different in this regard from receiving services from any other type of supplier?
There are typically many contractors to choose from, and it’s difficult to evaluate their quality. For instance, if you want a virtual assistant, it may take several interviews and trials until you find one you like.
I’m not sure what kinds of suppliers you are referring to. If it’s simple things like, “buy paper from this company on Amazon”, that’s typically simpler. The reviews are more indicative of performance and there are often fewer alternatives.
Oh, I thought you refer to some kind of legal costs. You mean costs of vetting. Right. As has been noted: EA is vetting constrained, EA is network constrained.
But this is the case with employees as well, isn’t it? It’s just about vetting people in general.
One thing I notice, looking at the 80k job board, is that not that many EA(-adjacent) orgs are interested in remote workers.
One difference is that orgs can share contractors, but not employees. For instance, my designer only spends around 1-3 hours per week, so has lots of time to help other groups, like EA groups. I’m thinking of low-time, skill-specific workers (the jobs in that list would all only work a few hours per month or similar)
Ah, got it.