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> You accept this tradeoff with the understanding that people you contract with have to make some profit too. Of course not. You accept the tradeoff because it
by fiatjaf 10y ago
> You accept this tradeoff with the understanding that people you contract with have to make some profit too.
Of course not. You accept the tradeoff because it is in your interest to abstract away risks. Part of the costs involved in this risk taking comes from how the contracts are set up.
For example, your employee doesn't have an actual contractual obligation to fulfill such and such goals every month, while an external contracted firm may have.
- daveguy 10y agoOk. It is still not the contract that is the major cost. I didn't say the tradeoff is that other people make profit. The tradeoff is the overhead cost. Sure, that can be another tradeoff -- obliged fulfillment. Either way you're paying the contractee a little more for that. It's not the contract itself (the legal expense) that is the major cost in a contract. Yes it is some overhead, but is it really a significant part compared to the excess you are paying to have it contracted vs in house? The point is. It's still going to cost you more, even if the legal cost is zero.