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I went from full time employee to contractor at the same company once and it was honestly a huge relief. No awkward team lunches No useless tchotchkes No bor

I went from full time employee to contractor at the same company once and it was honestly a huge relief. No awkward team lunches No useless tchotchkes No boring all hands No forced participation events like 'hackathons'. I just worked. It was great

foota 3y ago
It was Microsoft, wasn't it? :)
- sgerenser 3y ago
  Microsoft never had forced participation in hackathons. It was generally encouraged but at most maybe 25% of FT engineers participated.
  - cdchn 3y ago
    Your lack of participation at extracurricular activities will be recordlessly considered in your next compensation refresh.