My wife is considering a contractor gig at Apple, but has heard/read some horror stories. Could someone that is currently or has been a contractor at Apple weigh in here? Does Apple hire contractors as FTE? Are contractors able to take advantage of any campus perks? Anything else you can share, ...Read more
Recently got hired as a SDE II contractor at Amazon based out of San Francisco. Is it worth? Please throw in your views. TC: $63/hr for 10 months - Contract to Hire
Do contractors get pip over performance and how hard to get converted full-time ?
Does any one know what are the benefits for contractors at Facebook. Also how is the life at Facebook.
Google scraps minimum wage, benefits rules for suppliers and staffing firms https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-scraps-minimum-wage-benefits-rules-suppliers-staffing-firms-2024-04-19/ This will allow consulting companies/vendors not to offer benefits (and min pay). #google
So, I've been working for THE MAN ever since I graduated from college and although I've enjoyed my jobs I'm getting increasingly tired of the rat race. I've just begun possibly looking into being a freelance/contract engineer and I was hoping to get some advice. Would you advise against it? I'm okay...Read more
Currently I am EM working for Fintech startup. Prior to that, I was principal application developer for a product based company. I got approached by a consulting company for Contractor opportunity with Google. Is it worth a switch? TC 190K
30M. No kids, but probably will try in the next few years. Wife is employed in a similarly stable and flexible job with another large defense contractor. Current job is extremely flexible, great work/life balance, hybrid work schedule, only 40 hours/week, $150k base salary + $0 bonus + 0 RSUs. Off...Read more
Asking for a friend, he just got two contractor offers after long time job hunting. Zoox is DS role with $2/h more compared to tiktok Tiktok is data engineer role. He had 8yoe in ds, but also open to do de. Which one would give him more chances of landing ft job later? Better wlb and growth and job ...Read more
I’m getting $68/h for an applications engineer role at FB mpk as contractor, my agency can’t tell me the markup margin. What is the average for this role? Any contractors in here? Edit 1: My contract is about to be renewed, I think that my agency is being greedy, so I’m looking for comparison rates...Read more
Saw the post about non blue badge employees getting excluded from our cafe benefits 😂 thought I would share the info again...basically as a cost cutting measure contractors have to pay 1.50 for a cup of fruit water 💧 🌸...Even amazon workers get free 🍌 🍌...how are contractors treated at other te...Read more
I have joined Walmart Global Tech US as a contractor PM but I have received another offer from Precisely as Senior PM after 2 weeks of joining Walmart. I have heard that Walmart tends to convert its contractors into full time which I would love - to have Walmart as a big tech giant on my resume. If ...Read more
Was a manager at Meta in Austin, and was laid off last April with the tech layoffs. It’s been a tough time for managers. I joined as an IC in a startup in Dec 23 but requires me to relocate to bay area this year and go into work 5 days a week. I recently received a TPM CW offer back at Meta (remote)...Read more
I’m currently a contractor at Alphabet and all I gotta say is the way contractors are treated vs FTEs is absolute garbage. We output the same amount of work as a regular FTE and it’s such bs Google won’t event give us high performance machines. The laptop they gave me is a shitty ThinkPad. This thin...Read more
Non tech companies usually have an army of contractors. Even within msft, some tech teams have lots of vendors and consultants. If you work in a team with lots of vendors, the company would target them first before you? I have also heard of companies replacing fte with contractors too TC:165K
Is it true that all of the contractors who has worked more than 1.5 years evicted now?
From today Feb 16. Original post: https://nypost.com/2023/02/16/apple-has-begun-firing-contractors-amid-tech-layoffs-sources/ Another report at https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/16/apple-layoffs-contractors-report/
First Snowden, now FAA…How many times we need to learn lessons from contractors. Low salary, boring jobs….they couldn’t even solve two sums, but can cause irreparable damage. Again, don’t give contractors too much access!!! tc 180 FAA outage: US airline regulators blame contractor for travel cha...Read more
I just moved from T-Mobile to Expedia. I was contractor at both places. Pay have increased less commute. I want to know whether I have made a good move or not.