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In the US I more often see "contractors" who are official employees of a consulting firm and work alongside and onsite with normal employees of the firm's clien
by logn 11y ago
In the US I more often see "contractors" who are official employees of a consulting firm and work alongside and onsite with normal employees of the firm's client. If the client ends the contract, the firm will soon fire you if there's not other work. I tend to think this is the worst of both worlds for the actual worker.
- stephengillie 11y agoWorking in an at-will employment state, I find the difference between this kind of contracting, and FTE, to be equivalent. * You can quit/terminate your contract at any point (though some have penalties) * Your employer can fire/terminate your contract at any point for almost any reason. * If there's no work, you're out of a job. * Salary and benefits packages - contracts tend to balance toward salary and FTE toward benefits, but almost everyone provides *something*. * FTE coworkers and contractors intermingle - everyone's human, everyone eats lunch.
- logn 11y agoIn practice, the client has zero friction in firing you (legally or from HR). Especially if contractors are working remotely, firing one is as simple as filing an IT ticket to cut off privileges/pay. As a worker you get none of the tax benefits or freedom of contracting, and you're even more disposable than a normal employee.