It used to be very easy to link my profile to my LinkedIn but it does seem that links broken, but yes, I am a quite senior dev having worked in both startup & c

It used to be very easy to link my profile to my LinkedIn but it does seem that links broken, but yes, I am a quite senior dev having worked in both startup & corporate as an employee & as a contractor. Maybe I should have beeen more obvious, but the way I phrased OP's actions was to show how the Manager saw it, and sold it to HR. The crux of this is that the dev was enjoying the benefits of being a contractor but wanted the perks of being an employee. A contractor is meant to be a simple resource for a company (although it's is absolutely Spotify's fault for abusing the contractor position with things like teaching Interns as a contractor (which I think is illegal in some countries?)). To be more clear, my stance is that the employee would make a great employee, but is a bad contractor which is why Spotify blacklisted them (although it'd be interesting to know if they could apply as an employee now).