Opinions are my own. I also make no claim on the expertise of contractors. The common saying in engineering is you use the right tools for the job. Likewise, y

Opinions are my own. I also make no claim on the expertise of contractors. The common saying in engineering is you use the right tools for the job. Likewise, you place the right people to the right job. It would be a mismatch to put an L5+ to do some low impact work. That would be an inefficient use of limited resources. The SWE would also be unhappy since that affects their perf/promo. Depends on the potential impact/difficulty/urgency, it might be more appropriate to save that work for an intern, fixterm, or TVC. It's not about "so against having good old employees". It's business.