For some firms not having to deal with employees is less do with cost and more to do with control and a freedom from all the extra overhead that dealing with humans and their complex "needs" brings.
Health care, working conditions, the scourge of a human resources department, complaints and liabilities of every sort imaginable.
I personally would pay double or triple the wage of a human worker to not have all that worry, especially in high regulatory juristictions. If the output is faster and even half as good as well, there is no question at all.
Most humans demand too much and bring little to the table. Real talent is very rare and it mostly wants to work for itself if it can.
Most humans demand too much and bring little to the table. Real talent is very rare and it mostly wants to work for itself if it can.