Anyone here has experience with OE/2 gigs? Have a potential contract opportunity at a FAANG, nothing great 180k/year with some shitty benefits through a preferred vendor (I know the drill coz was on the hiring side of this not too long ago). Currently waiting new gig at a semi decent consulting firm (FTE though also shitty at 240 ish TC), wondering if I should sign the contract as a fall back just in case worst case scenario happens in the new year? They don't seem to have a dearth of projects but ofc nothing starts in Dec so being idle for a couple of weeks is giving me the itch... Or potentially do both for a while and leave the FAANG contract if I land another stable client at the consulting firm (to be clear I'm being paid full time here)? Having gone through 2 exits in as many years (both with very generous packages though neither voluntary) I'm just very wary of saying no to any opportunity in this market. One concern is the current firm finding out about the contract (though the recruiter assured me that I can opt out of contact with current employer in the background check for any reason) and both of them using TriNet for payroll (TriNet support says not an issue and they do not share info across employers but all is tied to SSN and some reddit posts are a bit concerning on this...). Avg TC last 2 years ~ 300k Liquid NW ~ 1.2 M (real estate not included, about 250k equity in a 800k home, 5% fixed rate) fwiw
No thoughts?