One question every company would benefit from asking itself is whether its employees at some time in the future will want to become a supplier. With the advent of the gig economy this scenario is more likely as more and more jobs are likely to be contracted out. Who is better to contract new work to other than someone who previously had a track record performing for the company. Clearly a case can be made to hire former employees who were top performers to work as contractors in the future. But the question to ask would be - “How willing would these former employees be to come back to work at their old company as a contractor?”.