[liotier]

> then use their own employees to go out and actually splice them into the previous lines or into an active network.

Hahahaha - no. We use contractors for that too - no one who is outside our offices is an employee. GIS jockeys are contractors too. My developers also and most of the call centers. Essentially the only in-house functions are architecture, project management - everything else is contracted out.

[thunfischbrot]

And even a good part of those in the offices are contractors. Think Accenture, Capgemini for IT and project management as well as many others, including receptionists, secretaries, facility management, cleaners.