Federal subcontractor
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Anonymous
| How are benefits the same or different than for federal employees? If you are one, what do you do? |
Anonymous
| Bump |
Anonymous
| Isn’t the whole point of being a sub that you don’t get benefits? |
Anonymous
| There are multiple thousands of federal contractors and the benefits vary, sometimes dramatically, from company to company. |
Anonymous
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Contractors do get benefits. Most are average because they have to compete for the contracts. Some are better than others. Cost to employees can vary greatly.
There are independent contractors who bill hourly and do not get benefits but bill at a higher rate. |
Anonymous
| Contractors get whatever benefits the company they work for offer. I’m a fed, DH is a contractor. I carry all the health insurance, etc because his is more expensive for less coverage. I get more leave than he does, my TSP match is more generous than his…but, he makes nearly twice what I do. |
Anonymous
| Contractor and subcontractor are two different things. Contractors ie a prime owns the contract with the government. Subs are another company that have a contract with the prime. Typically they fill some niche gap that is not filled by the prime to complete the requirements of the contract. They may get more money and limited to no benefits. |
Anonymous
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it really depends? If you sub company has good benefits- you get those. A lot of subs are smaller businesses so benefits are all over the map.
I am with a big contractor and my benefits are way better than what I had as a fed. |
Anonymous
Not really, prime and subs can be interchangeable. Lockheed or NGC could sub on a contract and the benefits would remain the same for the personnel working that contract compared to ones on a prime program. As others have mentioned, where contracting companies lack in benefits, they usually make up for in salary. |