Governments hire private companies for short-term projects, including maintenance work, security, and census collection. These jobs do not offer the same benefits as salaried government positions.
Government contractor jobs involve people working in private companies that have been contracted to work for the government. To reduce the costs associated with hiring large numbers of long-term employees, governments often hire private companies to complete short-term projects. Most government contractor jobs are short-term. In some industries, governments agree to multi-year contracts with companies, which means that some of these jobs have a longer duration.
Government-owned utility companies often hire contractors to perform maintenance work and complete major projects and upgrades to power and sewer plants. Private companies contracted to complete this work employ engineers, electricians and other qualified professionals to complete the specific tasks. Government contractor jobs are numerous for professionals including engineers following natural disasters. Medical professionals, including doctors and nurses, are also hired to work for the government after natural disasters occur, and these professionals often supervise volunteers from charities and other non-governmental organizations.
The military often hires private contractors to provide security at military installations and government buildings overseas. It costs the government less to hire private security contractors locally than it does to transport large numbers of military personnel to guard embassies and other government property located in other countries. During military conflicts, there are often lucrative government contractor jobs for truck drivers and other individuals with experience in the transportation industry, as these workers are hired to transport supplies for military installations. Despite the lucrative nature of the work, jobs located in war zones expose workers to heightened levels of danger and, as a result, governments often hire companies that specialize in working in conflict situations to handle these contracts.
When a government needs to conduct a census, it takes a large number of people to collect population data, and governments often pay private companies to find workers who can go door-to-door and collect census information. Census workers generally work on a part-time basis, and these positions do not require any specialized skills. Workers are paid based on wages determined by the private company that hires them rather than the government, although the government has an indirect influence on wages by approving the contractor’s bid for the job.
People who take on government contractor jobs are not entitled to the same benefits as salaried government employees. Companies that bid on government contracts typically do not provide these benefits to workers either, since most employees are signed to short-term contracts and are not permanent. People who work on government contracts often work on the same project for several years, but during that time they work for several different companies because the company hired to complete the project often changes annually.
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