As a hiring manager who has a number of contractors, having a handful of vendors we work with, with a limited number of timesheet approval systems, invoicing, e

As a hiring manager who has a number of contractors, having a handful of vendors we work with, with a limited number of timesheet approval systems, invoicing, etc makes life easier for me. If we can bring another contractor on the same terms as the last one (so we don’t need to get legal involved), same payment systems, knowing that insurance is adequate takes a bunch of work out of my day. It doesn’t have to be a big body shop - most recruiters have a contractor management platform with timesheets and invoices. At the start of last year one of my QA team moved overseas with her family, and we were keen to keep her on, so we hooked her up with one of her favourite recruiters to sign her on as a contractor. The overhead we pay recruiters for contractors is considerably less than a bodyshop. Onboarding new vendors is a massive pain in the bum for enterprise-grade companies - there’s a bunch of work that needs to happen around proving bank accounts, business credit checks, etc - it makes sense to avoid that by using known vendors when all else is equal.