I used to do contracting at another well-known company, filling up coffee hoppers and candy baskets. The work is easy, and arguably not worth much in the way of

I used to do contracting at another well-known company, filling up coffee hoppers and candy baskets. The work is easy, and arguably not worth much in the way of pay. The problem is that this is all part-time work, and it is effectively impossible to get full-time work. These companies also tend to be in far-off places that, if you are earning $9/hr part-time, means you are taking a 2 hour bus ride each way. In theory, outsourcing to contracting is a good deal, as the contracting companies have no real HR issues with hiring and firing. They are also supposed to supply some sort of health insurance, as required by ACA, but this is circumvented by shifting everyone to part-time, putting them on 6 month contracts that roll between canceled and renewed, and so on. It's a difficult situation for all companies involved. It bothers me that tech is getting the smear for this, when basically every low-wage job has been affected in similar ways.