I didn't understand what 'hire' meant in this context. I'm self-employed. I have use the services of a CPA to handle my bookkeeping, taxes, and invoices. She w

I didn't understand what 'hire' meant in this context. I'm self-employed. I have use the services of a CPA to handle my bookkeeping, taxes, and invoices. She works for her own company, which is a partnership. I've also paid designers to work on my web site(s). But they did the work through their own respective companies. They were not employees. While I would use "hire" in the more general sense of "pay for someone's services" (eg, "hire a taxi"), this essay seems to use 'hire' only in the sense of 'When you take on an employee...' Those are not the same.