What really needs to happen is the unionization of the second class they employ. These people do literally the same jobs as the people they used to sit next to

What really needs to happen is the unionization of the second class they employ. These people do literally the same jobs as the people they used to sit next to. Sit through the same "OMG aren't we so great at changing the world!" team meetings, put in the same insane hours (my partner was limited to 40 hours a week, yet they are all working over time to keep up appearances and hope they get actually hired full time). She did not get paid for these hours, everyone just puts in the time so they can keep up with the people they are compared against, the full timers. Yet once time for the team to celebrate comes, the door gets shut on them, as they are contingent workers. Showing them the same rewards would possibly make them seem like real employees worthy of praise. Hence, they sit alone in their empty open office, sometimes crying, hearing the cheers of their team in the next office as they slice that cake or watching them leave the office building to go to a wonderful day in the golden gate park. Don't even get me started on having to hear the people doing identical work to them talk about buying homes in SF etc. If these people banned together, they might gain some power.