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.