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Can confirm. I was one such member of this underclass working as a developer on Gmail in 2007. The pay was quite low by bay area developer job standards at $25/

Can confirm. I was one such member of this underclass working as a developer on Gmail in 2007. The pay was quite low by bay area developer job standards at $25/hr with no benefits. I loved the work, the product, the people, my boss, the atmosphere of the Google campus in Mountain View, the free meals, etc, but I only stayed for a month. Once I got a better offer that paid twice as much, I was gone. To this day it's such a weird story to tell people. "You worked at Google?" "Yeah." "For how long?" "A month." "Whoa, really? Why? What happened?" "The pay was really low so I left for a higher paying job." "Google's pay... was too low...?" They say with disbelief. "Yep."

techie128 3y ago
You didn't work at Google. You CONTRACTED for Google. There is a BIG difference. Whenever someone claims they worked a company, the implicit assumption is that they were a FTE. I bet if you would've told people that you contracted at Google, their reaction would certainly be different.
- brailsafe 3y ago
  Meh, I think that varies quite a lot. If the only functional difference between your duties and that of the the rest of your team is your paperwork, then you worked there. The only time I specify whether something on my resume was a particular type of arrangement like contracting is if it would be weirdly short.
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- esperent 3y ago
  Contract work is work. Especially when it's full time. I don't get why you're trying to make a distinction here?
  - j33zusjuice 3y ago
    Because everyone knows about that situation with contract positions. He did work at Google, and if he added that it was through a contractor when explaining that the salary was too low, people would not be confused.