Comment by throwaway2037

Most large corporations treat these categories of employment as different budget line items with different rules and limitations: (1) full-time employees, (2) individual contractors, and (3) large contractor "body-shops" or outsourcing providers. Many times in my career, I have seen layoff a few from (1) then way over spend on (2) or (3). The mid-level manager who makes the decision gets to "claim" that expenses were reduced in (1) and "win" at year-end reviews. Yes, I know: This is total non-sense, but I have seen it many, many times at mega-corps.