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One of my buddies was hired by Accenture out of college as a contracted consultant. He was overworked with daily 10-hour work days. And they basically strung hi
by hckr_news 6y ago
One of my buddies was hired by Accenture out of college as a contracted consultant. He was overworked with daily 10-hour work days. And they basically strung him along for 2 years with promise of full time conversion until he got fed up and left. Contracting in software has its pros but unpaid holiday, or awful benefits package just doesn’t seem worth it to me. Probably better if you run your own one-man consulting shop that accepts different contracts at high rates, than being a 40-hr/wk contingent worker and do the same work as a full time employee with none of the benefits like 401k match, pto, or health coverage. Long term I’d love to run my own software consulting shop and charge these large Fortune 500s out the ass, but until then I’ll keep chugging along as a full time employee, while staying well clear of contract work.
- bb88 6y agoBeing a contractor there's a certain amount of freedom that you get from a contract. You don't have to play the idiotic performance eval games, eg. I was a contractor in a company that laid off 10% of the workforce, and strangely remained on contract. I talked with my manager about why, and it turned out that a layoff was an excuse to fire FTEs without going through the firing process.