8th July 2008, 04:06 PM
Working for an uber-company myself, I reckon that there'll always be a place for small units and one-man-bands. Imagine, for example, that not one unit in a given region has a glass specialist. Not enough glass is found by any one organisation to make a full-time position. So one self-employed specialist gets the majority of the glass post-ex in that region.
Equally, Mr and Mrs X run a small unit. They have minimal overheads, few staff costs and lower charge-out rates. Are you going to go to ?65/hour consultant archaeologist for your house extension? Surely you're going to go cheap, and cheap does not necessarily mean that corners are cut or that quality suffers, as larger organisations have issues of greater waste, lower efficiency and (debatably) lower staff motivation, as there is less of a sense of ownership of the company.
Equally, Mr and Mrs X run a small unit. They have minimal overheads, few staff costs and lower charge-out rates. Are you going to go to ?65/hour consultant archaeologist for your house extension? Surely you're going to go cheap, and cheap does not necessarily mean that corners are cut or that quality suffers, as larger organisations have issues of greater waste, lower efficiency and (debatably) lower staff motivation, as there is less of a sense of ownership of the company.