100% percent of the reason I didn't go work 'for' Microsoft was that I'd be a temp-to-possibly-hire contractor. And from the former contractors I'd talked to (one recommended by the recruiter!), it was clear contractors were treated like second-class citizens by Microsoft. From what I was told, contractors couldn't participate in networking events or even get free food employees got because Microsoft was sued for misclassifying workers.
So instead of reforming their business model they just switched to a model where they made clear contractors were contractors--by treating them like trash. Fuck that.
So instead of reforming their business model they just switched to a model where they made clear contractors were contractors--by treating them like trash. Fuck that.