There has got to be a middle ground on pay. I've worked contract positions that transitioned to full-time. There is something wrong when a company tries to tran

There has got to be a middle ground on pay. I've worked contract positions that transitioned to full-time. There is something wrong when a company tries to transition me to full-time at less than half my contract rate. I'm talking about total compensation: base pay, pto, bonus, equity, health insurance, even employment tax that they are legally obligated to pay. The sum of that was less than half my contract rate. How can I be paid more than twice that for two years and then they claim they can't afford to get anywhere close for a full-time position?