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Most organizations face a frustrating choice: hire full time staff (expensive, risky), or manage freelancers directly (chaotic, unreliable). Here is what each option actually costs, and who carries the risk in each.
Work the numbers yourself
The same project, three ways to buy it
Change the role's salary and duration below. The figures use commonly cited industry benchmarks for employer burden, recruiting cost, and contractor rates, they illustrate the cost mechanics, and are not a quotation.
The salary you would pay an employee doing this work.
Roughly 975 working hours over 6 months.
Option A
Hire a full time employee
$87,025
- Base salary for the period $47,500
- Statutory & employer burden (≈25%) $11,875
- Recruiting & onboarding (≈15%) $14,250
- Management overhead (≈5 hrs/wk) $9,750
- Severance / notice exposure $3,650
CPP, EI, vacation, and benefits all land on your books, plus 6, 8 weeks of hiring cycle before anyone starts.
Option B
Manage a freelancer yourself
$102,413
- Contractor fees $82,875
- Your time sourcing & vetting $1,500
- Your management & oversight $9,750
- Rework allowance (no independent QA) $8,288
No employment burden, but you become the project manager, the quality checker, and the party absorbing rework.
Option C
CoreGrand managed service
$61,000
- Fixed, deliverable based SOW One agreed price
- Sourcing & vetting Included
- Day to day management Included
- Independent QA & rework risk Included
- Severance & bench time exposure None
When the Statement of Work ends, the cost ends with it.
Where the savings come from
Five costs that leave your books
No employer burden
No CPP/EI, vacation pay, or benefits load, because there is no employment relationship.
No sourcing fee
Matching you to a suitable independent professional is part of the service, not billed separately.
No management overhead
CoreGrand supervises delivery. You receive the outcome, not a team to run.
No rework risk
Independent QA catches issues before they become your cost to fix.
No severance exposure
When the Statement of Work ends, the cost ends with it, no bench time.
Who pays to fix it?
When a deliverable is late or wrong, if the answer is you, the risk was never transferred, only the invoice changed.
Beyond price
Why organizations choose this model
Single point of accountability
One contract. One invoice. One contact. CoreGrand assumes full prime contractor responsibility, you never manage individual freelancers or chase deliverables.
Independent quality assurance
A dedicated QA auditor, independent of the delivery team, reviews every deliverable before submission. What you receive is verified and ready, not a rough draft.
Zero employment risk
No payroll, no benefits, no employment liability. All delivery professionals are independent contractors who carry their own liability and E&O insurance.
Global talent, local accountability
World class specialists sourced globally, while CoreGrand remains your Alberta registered Canadian prime contractor, global expertise under Canadian accountability.
Speed to start
Projects typically begin within 5 business days of an agreed scope, against the 6, 8 weeks typical of a full hiring cycle.
Canadian data practices
Canadian data residency available on request, with privacy handling aligned to PIPEDA and Alberta's PIPA across every engagement.
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Whether you are a business ready to grow, an institution needing delivery capacity, a community organization seeking support, or an individual looking for trusted expert help, CoreGrand is ready.
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