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Contracts are for a specific time period, 12 months for example. FTE has no expiration date.

• dudul 6y ago
  At will employment can be terminated at any time. Contracts can also be terminated whenever the company decides, as per the present example. Not sure what that has to do with my question.
  • ikeyany 6y ago
    Fun fact: Montana is the only state that bans this.
    • gnopgnip 6y ago
      It is a little more nuanced than that. Many states have laws that say PTO is earned, it needs to be paid out 100% of the time, some say it depends on the written company policy, other say it never needs to be paid out. And similarly, Montana requires good cause to fire employees(except if they are new employees or meet a number of other exceptions), a number of states have exceptions to at-will that require employers to follow their own policies(and many large companies require two weeks notice, and good cause for firing) and a number have few to no exceptions to at-will.
  • dougmwne 6y ago
    Sure that's true in theory. In practice contractors are let go at the end of their contract unless there's a renewal and often due to co-employment risk they can only be renewed for a certain length of time before they must either be hired or let go. It's also seen as no big deal to end a contract early. You are there fully at the convenience of the company. Often there's no need to go through HR, they just make a phone call to your agency for you not to come in the next day. That's much different than most companies treat their FTEs, even though in the USA employees have almost no protection in most states anyway. Just because something is legally similar does not mean it's used the same in practice. This is very true of contracts.