Subj : Re: Layoffs
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Blue White
Date : Thu May 09 2024 03:16:25

 > It seems to be getting harder and harder to hire independent
 > contractors for those project-based tasks due to tax implications
 > (thinking you're hiring ICs to get around paying benefits) although as
 > long as you keep them under a year as a policy, companies seem to be
 > Ok
 > with it. Otherwise, it'd be consistent with the definition to hire a
 > group to work on a specific project then leave after delivering the
 > project, but it's too tempting for management to consider contractors
 > as
 > cheap replacements for salaried personnel.
 
Here, the contractors usually have benefits through their companies
(which are often better than ours) and get paid more than us salaried
personnel, so I don't begrudge the companies who use them for not paying
benefits.  I guess the contract employees somehow work out to be cheaper,
but some of them get paid so much I wonder.



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