original publish date: 22nd December, 2009
decades on …
Not my best work, but I think the two points I was trying to make are still largely valid, though the comic now seems … under-nuanced.
Firstly, I still think the premium paid to contract staff still outweighs the redundancy compensation provisions for full-time employees. If anything, there’s less stability in fulltime employment now.
That said, I did conveniently ignore the increased likelihood that the contractor would get booted.
The second point I was trying to make was that the contractor should shut up about it. That one still holds.
transcript
Contractor: They pay you 40% less for the same work, right?
FTE: Yes, but …
Contractor: And they’re only required to pay you out two weeks’ salary for each year worked, or roughly 4%, right?
FTE: Your point is?
Contractor: Does that seem like a good deal to you?
Closing caption: Contractors should learn to shut up.
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