Wrong wrong wrong!
Companies ~20 years ago use to hire a CW (Contract worker, Contingent worker) then see if they would fit and then eventually hire them as FTE.
Now, they hire contract workers as they are in a different tax bracked and companies do get tax breaks. Thus the company will pay the CW the lowest possible wage, while giving them NONE of the company perks with a contract that starts at 6 months/1-year and is ALWAYS extended for longer term, or the contract starts out as never ending. For example job's that should be FTE, are contracted to CW's. I.E system admin, validation etc.. Companies contact recruiters to find CW's, vs Companies hiring people directly as FTE instead of being forced to use a recruiter. I.E My job, I dont have an end date contract... its indefinite, yet my duties are exactly if not very simular to FTE's. How is that even fair?
Companies like Google, MS, Intel, HP etc etc have excessive contact worker workforce for the main purpose of making more money. Pay CW's less, they make more $$.. CW's do not get the same FTE resources like stock, access to perks on-site as FTE's, more so treated as 2nd class people.
There is a clear abuse in the industry, but none want to take it on imho. I've got stories and actual experience for daaays! I'd actually like to talk to a lawyer as I think its a complete abuse of the CW system that these big companies are getting away with. </rant>
Companies ~20 years ago use to hire a CW (Contract worker, Contingent worker) then see if they would fit and then eventually hire them as FTE.
Now, they hire contract workers as they are in a different tax bracked and companies do get tax breaks. Thus the company will pay the CW the lowest possible wage, while giving them NONE of the company perks with a contract that starts at 6 months/1-year and is ALWAYS extended for longer term, or the contract starts out as never ending. For example job's that should be FTE, are contracted to CW's. I.E system admin, validation etc.. Companies contact recruiters to find CW's, vs Companies hiring people directly as FTE instead of being forced to use a recruiter. I.E My job, I dont have an end date contract... its indefinite, yet my duties are exactly if not very simular to FTE's. How is that even fair?
Companies like Google, MS, Intel, HP etc etc have excessive contact worker workforce for the main purpose of making more money. Pay CW's less, they make more $$.. CW's do not get the same FTE resources like stock, access to perks on-site as FTE's, more so treated as 2nd class people.
There is a clear abuse in the industry, but none want to take it on imho. I've got stories and actual experience for daaays! I'd actually like to talk to a lawyer as I think its a complete abuse of the CW system that these big companies are getting away with. </rant>