Honestly, I thought I was going to see an article arguing for the opposite. In my experience, management doesn't need convincing when it comes to replacing emp

Honestly, I thought I was going to see an article arguing for the opposite. In my experience, management doesn't need convincing when it comes to replacing employees with consultants, despite higher hourly rates. In management's quest to shrink SG&A costs, good full time jobs have been being replaced by long-term consultants who would be placed at the client's location for years. And if you're talking about short-term specialist consultants, then you need even less convincing, because management is already under the impression that it's often more cost effective to hire a specialist at $200/hour for 3-6 month gig, rather than to hire someone full time or train existing staff.