Getting paid

I was wondering about how the Prometheus crew earned their wages. In Alien Parker makes a big issue out of how the bonus system works and liked to drag short jobs out to maximize wages. Could this mean that crews would only be paid from the moment they come out of stasis ? Another reason for thinking about this is that there could be the implication of having crews etc. in stasis for decades and never using them until they are needed. I think there is a whole range of questions about the moral implications of controlling how long someone is in the service of a company like Weyland, and would crews ever get to really know each other.