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Why is that ridiculous? Contractors are not employees, so why should they be invited to a give thanks party for employees? Become an employee if you want to par
by seb1204 2y ago
Why is that ridiculous? Contractors are not employees, so why should they be invited to a give thanks party for employees? Become an employee if you want to partake.
Feelings of entitlement are wrong here. Decency though tells us to invite everyone.
- wholinator2 2y agoYeah, that's the line at a Christmas work party. Is it about Christmas, or is it about work
- Keyframe 2y agoI don't know. We get to invite clients and all the other business partners, why not contractors and people that work for them with us on a project?
- watwut 2y agoChristmas part is not special "give thanks to employees" party, it is more of end of a year party. It makes perfect sense to invite contractors. Even if it was "give thanks" party, contractors worked on projects.
- andyjohnson0 2y agoI remember a work Christmas party attended by a contractor. The company was an sme and as usual we closed the office at mid-day and headed for a local restaurant to eat and socialise. The contractor as chatty and sociable, and seemed happy to be dining on the company's bill. Wine flowed. Then at the stoke of 5pm, as we permies were discussing which pub to move on to, the contractor stood up, mumbled his thanks, and left. Billable hours over for the day.
- bryanrasmussen 2y agowait - was that me? Because I don't drink.
- andyjohnson0 2y agoIt was was a long time ago. And based on your id, not you.
- bryanrasmussen 2y agoyeah it was just my facetious way of observing that there could be other explanations that he was gone as soon as he couldn't charge for his presence, in fact when I consult I would never charge for going to one of those things - but I would of course expense it on my taxes.
- rrr_oh_man 2y ago> Then at the stoke of 5pm, as we permies were discussing which pub to move on to, the contractor stood up, mumbled his thanks, and left. Billable hours over for the day. Or, maybe, had better things to do. :)
- watwut 2y agoI have seen employees doing exactly the same, so I do not see anything worth anger here. It is never the case that everyone goes to christmas party. Unless not going is punished in some way, in which case they go, but only to avoid punishment.
- guenthert 2y ago> Become an employee if you want to partake. It's not necessarily up to them.
- InDubioProRubio 2y agoIts caste. The cleaning lady is part of the company and its a horror that the dalit are dis-included from all company activities. The only actual reason is to divide and conquer and prevent them being part of any employee unionization.
- pjmlp 2y agoBecause contractors most of the time deliver as much as many employees.
- jajko 2y agoI've been a consultant/contractor, less than 4 months in, and I still have been invited to (great) Christmas party, and even shared paid buses that took whole company and also given free accommodation. Human decency is human decency, nothing more to that.
- BizarreByte 2y ago> Feelings of entitlement are wrong here. How dare people have feelings right? A lot of contractors (like myself) are treated like employees who are easier to fire. I understand the separation from a legal perspective, but at the same time I've developed relationships with the people I work with and enjoy working with them. Being entirely honest? It hurts being excluded from things and not everyone has the option to just "become an employee".