The more niche the role, the higher the rates:The more niche the job role is and the higher the skillset required, the more expensive a contractor’s rates tend to be. Whilst this is also true for permanent employees, contractors’ rates can escalate very quickly.2. Contractors like to move from job to job: It’s a large part of the reason they choose to be contractors. So you’re less likely to have them in the business for long periods of time which can make scaling businesses more difficult if you’re overly reliant on a workforce that isn’t with you for the long haul. This is often why they’re used in such large volumes within larger corporate companies.3. Contractors come with their preferred way of doing things: As every company is different, there can sometimes be a trade off between how work gets done vs fitting in with how the company would like to work, which doesn’t always work out for the best (or get the result the business was after). Many businesses would be able to name a time where using a contractor hasn’t worked out.