Are Subcontractors Worth the Risk?
Hiring subcontractors is risky. Unless you have used them before or if you have received great referrals from them, you do not always know what you are going to get when you hire a subcontractor to do some work for you. So how do you protect yourself from shoddy subcontractor work? With a contract of course! As the name implies, subcontractors do contract work – this should come as no surprise. So make sure that you use a well-written contract to protect yourself and your company from any errors and omissions or other liability that hiring a subcontractor comes with.
By protecting your interests, you also make for a much better experience for both parties since there will be few, if any, questions about the specifics of the project. Of course, this also hinges on a well-written contract in the first place, but that is something that you and the independent contractor should be able to agree on.