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> I'm guessing many of the full-time people they hired wouldn't have taken an offer as a contractor. Speaking for myself, personally, if I were to join a role
by polygamous_bat 4y ago
> I'm guessing many of the full-time people they hired wouldn't have taken an offer as a contractor.
Speaking for myself, personally, if I were to join a role as a contractor basis rather than a full timer, I would expect extra compensation to justify the added risk of being laid off whenever. Hiring people by telling them they're full time, and then laying them off and treating them like contractors, is a breach of faith by management by hiding the risk factor of "demand after COVID will return to normal level" behind pretty promises. They made some extra profit by underpaying the nominally full time workers who were left carrying the extra risk of losing job, and it's showing now.
- JAlexoid 4y agoComing to US from Europe - in US employees are contractors(hi at will employment), actual contractors are just people who are smart enough to know that.
- mrtranscendence 4y agoWell, contractors don't get severance when their contract ends, whereas layoffs for employees are typically attended by some small payout. That's not much but it's not nothing. Contractors also have to deal with their own taxes and buy their own insurance (for worse rates). Of course, if I were a contractor I could probably get double my current salary ... but I'd still rather be an employee, even in the face of at-will employment. Particularly given that my employer is doing great and didn't over-hire during COVID.
- IG_Semmelweiss 4y agoEmployees only get severance depending on your home state laws. Its far from universal, too. Employees are always entitled to unemployment insurance benefits (a pittance, but its still cash) which is not true for contractors.