“”Outsourcing” means that they will fire US citizens and hire illegal contractors who will work for half the price.”
Probably not for a company of that size and profile. For a number of years, the (large) company that I worked for would hire perfectly American contractors for cleaning/trash, etc., but their workers didn’t speak English. The lawyers stepped in and told the suits that they’re risking jail time with that approach, so they were gone. Now their replacements are still Hispanic, but their English is fine...so most likely legal.
My guess is that they require the work to be done in spurts and then they don’t have much for those guys to do. So why not, instead, hire temps for a month or two and then dump them will their work is done.
It is my experience that Lowes hires independent contractors to do installation and set up work. Ditto deliveries of some items.
It turns out, a good reliable independent contractor can easily get “covered up” Havind Lowes as a client provides steady profitable stream of work. The contractor is not a low paid Mexican but a reliable person who does good work.