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>It’s not clear if Facebook will also give a bonus to contractors who are content moderators. Let me guess: it doesn't. Have Facebook contractors been given t

by Hamuko 7y ago

>It’s not clear if Facebook will also give a bonus to contractors who are content moderators. Let me guess: it doesn't. Have Facebook contractors been given the right to work from home yet?

andygcook 7y ago
By definition, don't all contractors have to generally not work from an office? Otherwise it's very easy to deem them full-time employees and they are entitled to benefits. Not sure of Facebook's specific situation or what roles they are contracting, but I'd imagine most of them aren't at HQ.
- standardUser 7y ago
  "By definition, don't all contractors have to generally not work from an office?" At Facebook or in general? I don't know FB's specific policies but in general, no, being a contractor does not automatically imply that you can work remotely.
- Hamuko 7y ago
  https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus-facebook-contractors/ https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus-facebook-con... This was in the news last week. Pretty sure I picked it up from Hacker News.
- jabroni_salad 7y ago
  They're just permatempts. Every company has them these days. The content moderators specifically work out of an Accenture office and aren't really contracted to facebook. They are Accenture's w-2 employees.
  - tathougies 7y ago
    > They are Accenture's w-2 employees. Then Accenture should be giving them allowance to work from home, not facebook.
- xyzzyz 7y ago
  These contractors at tech companies typically are full-time employees, they're just full time employees at other companies. The setup is that Facebook, or Google, has a contract with company like Accenture, which in turns provides its own full-time employees to do some work on FB/Google projects.
packetslave 7y ago
"Given the rapidly evolving public health concerns, we are taking additional steps to protect our teams and will be working with our partners over the course of this week to send all contract workers who perform content review home, until further notice. We’ll ensure that all workers are paid during this time." https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#keeping-our-teams-safe https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#keeping-our-t...
tathougies 7y ago
> Have Facebook contractors been given the right to work from home yet? Facebook contractors have that right implicitly. If the contractor is required to perform their work in a certain way, they are a statutory employee. By filing their taxes as employees, rather than contractors, this would hit facebook with an IRS investigation and hefty fines. They don't need to be given permission to work from home.
- Hamuko 7y ago
  Facebook had mandated that some work had to be done from an office. >A Facebook spokesperson told The Intercept that “for both our full-time employees and contingent workforce there is some work that cannot be done from home…for content reviewers, some of this work must be done from the office for safety, privacy and legal reasons,” adding that “we’re exploring work from home options on a temporary basis, and have already enabled it in some locations.”
  - tathougies 7y ago
    As someone else stated above, the individuals in content moderation working at the office are not contractors but employees of Accenture, the real contractor.

by Hamuko 7y ago

>It’s not clear if Facebook will also give a bonus to contractors who are content moderators. Let me guess: it doesn't. Have Facebook contractors been given the right to work from home yet?

andygcook 7y ago

By definition, don't all contractors have to generally not work from an office? Otherwise it's very easy to deem them full-time employees and they are entitled to benefits. Not sure of Facebook's specific situation or what roles they are contracting, but I'd imagine most of them aren't at HQ.

standardUser 7y ago
"By definition, don't all contractors have to generally not work from an office?" At Facebook or in general? I don't know FB's specific policies but in general, no, being a contractor does not automatically imply that you can work remotely.
Hamuko 7y ago
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus-facebook-contractors/ https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus-facebook-con... This was in the news last week. Pretty sure I picked it up from Hacker News.
jabroni_salad 7y ago
They're just permatempts. Every company has them these days. The content moderators specifically work out of an Accenture office and aren't really contracted to facebook. They are Accenture's w-2 employees.
- tathougies 7y ago
  > They are Accenture's w-2 employees. Then Accenture should be giving them allowance to work from home, not facebook.
xyzzyz 7y ago
These contractors at tech companies typically are full-time employees, they're just full time employees at other companies. The setup is that Facebook, or Google, has a contract with company like Accenture, which in turns provides its own full-time employees to do some work on FB/Google projects.

packetslave 7y ago

"Given the rapidly evolving public health concerns, we are taking additional steps to protect our teams and will be working with our partners over the course of this week to send all contract workers who perform content review home, until further notice. We’ll ensure that all workers are paid during this time." https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#keeping-our-teams-safe https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#keeping-our-t...

tathougies 7y ago

> Have Facebook contractors been given the right to work from home yet? Facebook contractors have that right implicitly. If the contractor is required to perform their work in a certain way, they are a statutory employee. By filing their taxes as employees, rather than contractors, this would hit facebook with an IRS investigation and hefty fines. They don't need to be given permission to work from home.

Hamuko 7y ago
Facebook had mandated that some work had to be done from an office. >A Facebook spokesperson told The Intercept that “for both our full-time employees and contingent workforce there is some work that cannot be done from home…for content reviewers, some of this work must be done from the office for safety, privacy and legal reasons,” adding that “we’re exploring work from home options on a temporary basis, and have already enabled it in some locations.”
- tathougies 7y ago
  As someone else stated above, the individuals in content moderation working at the office are not contractors but employees of Accenture, the real contractor.