Not really sure how they are doing it except perhaps adding the cost of the hotel as taxable income as salary earned.
Company provided housing maybe.
Perhaps some Atlas crewmembers would explain this.
Know that freinds their are really riled up about it.
While training with them they only paid us per diem at 48usd a day.
No salary until line training.
On my W-2 for the year they listed the perdiem as salary, had to fight the IRS as this was perdiem an not taxable.
Won the battle but it was long an hard.