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Reads to me like "We've significantly reduced the quality of life for our employees, but greatly increased profits!" More part-time contractors who don't have
by bomb199 9y ago
Reads to me like "We've significantly reduced the quality of life for our employees, but greatly increased profits!"
More part-time contractors who don't have steady work and fewer FTEs who are on constant call.
- taway20171214 9y agonice guess, but it's the owners who pick up the slack, i.e. me and my partners. we don't have junior people on the payroll i.e. people who would be frequently on call. second, we manage run-of-the-mill web applications, not a bunch of internal IT stuff that is constantly breaking due to user abuse and poor planning. two different types of clients. the problem with running a small tech company is you get accused of all of the downsides of a big company, but enjoy none of the associated upsides. so in your mind, i'm an evil capitalist squeezing every last dime out of my workers, but at the same time, i'm unreliable. in reality none of these things are true, because it's my company and my responsibility to run it. do you see how that works? this is how large companies get away with terrible practices -- because nobody gives business to the smaller ones, usually for reasons that are made up on the spot, like you just did. keep that in mind next time you talk to a small vendor.