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And the ones that remain have terribly reduced morale and lose productivity.

• K0balt 2y ago
  This seems like a great Reason to avoid hiring as much as possible , and use contractors for any work that could potentially be lost by non-renewal of contracts or program cancellations.
  • CydeWeys 2y ago
    Agreed on your first point, not on your second point. Lots of tech companies did over-hire during the pandemic in a way that had entirely foreseeable results, but everyone simply got caught up in the FOMO. On the contractor front though, you aren't going to remotely get the best and brightest by going that way, not unless you're actually contracting with industry leaders who are going to be charging way more than FTEs will cost you (and there aren't that many industry leaders). There are so many good tech companies out there offering FTE positions, so a company offering a lower-paid, lower-benefits contracting positions is simply not going to be competitive in the labor marketplace.