> expect to get paid a lot more as a contractor for the same roll as a FTE In general, there are no FTE positions at the big-name companies themselves for Mech

> expect to get paid a lot more as a contractor for the same roll as a FTE In general, there are no FTE positions at the big-name companies themselves for Mechanical Turk-like gigs like these: high-turnover and churn is expected because the work is so monotonous. It’s all contracted-out to “body-shops” (like TEKSystems, etc) who have a roster of their own FTEs who are then seconded to the host company (Google, Microsoft, etc). They then get rotated out based on the company’s time limit (Microsoft’s was 18 months, I think?) assuming they don’t burn-out or quit before then. This is also where Facebook and YouTube get their content moderators from.