Interesting story about thousands of "phantom workers". It's likely less ghostly than it is real. It's likely not a deception but a reality showing the extent of use of "contract workers". For various reasons large companies employ substantial numbers of contract workers that aren't on the books but come into the office just like everyone else and perform key functions in engineering and in operations. Some of them spend years working at the company but are paid through an an outside agency. They won't list the agency as their employer. …see more