Laid off by Big Tech, then recruited for contract work – at the same place
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#2It don't want to sound insensitive, but same employer or not, being a contractor is different. For starters, your career is less subject to office politics. Or you feel far less pressure to take work home. Don't like to gig, look for something. You're hired to do a job. Do it. No more. No less. There is for some, comfort in that.
The one surprise from the article is that the gross pay is the same. Typically, contractor is more but you lose benefits like paid days off so it's a wash. But same? Maybe that's because supply is up and demand down?
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Re: Laid off by Big Tech, then recruited for contract work – at the same place
#4Tldr: recruiters are trying to bait workers with contract work at the company they’ve just been laid off from, but then turn around and submit them to many other companies instead.
> Lawrence Dearth, the president of staffing company Insight Global, said the average recruiter is simply hoping to make contact with a talented individual. After the initial contact, they’ll ship the worker’s resume out to 10 to 15 different companies.
Re: Laid off by Big Tech, then recruited for contract work – at the same place
#5I know people who got laid off at my company who are trying to stay tied into that company however they can.
If you're a contractor for now, fine. You still get to maintain and build new connections to try to get back into an FTE role later on, hopefully at the end of the day this being a minor speedbump in your career.
I can appreciate the thinking. I might actually choose that path if it happens to me.
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#7It don't want to sound insensitive, but same employer or not, being a contractor is different. For starters, your career is less subject to office politics. Or you feel far less pressure to take work home. Don't like to gig, look for something. You're hired to do a job. Do it. No more. No less. There is for some, comfort in that. The one surprise from the article is that the gross pay is the same. Typically, contract…
Contractors are well paid (per day) when they are in a "short term consulting role" for a company that doesn't need a permanent position.
When the role is "a body for the shop when the workload is high enough", the contractor is the least valued class in the team, paid less with less benefits, and first to cut when load or funding drops.
Re: Laid off by Big Tech, then recruited for contract work – at the same place
#8It don't want to sound insensitive, but same employer or not, being a contractor is different. For starters, your career is less subject to office politics. Or you feel far less pressure to take work home. Don't like to gig, look for something. You're hired to do a job. Do it. No more. No less. There is for some, comfort in that. The one surprise from the article is that the gross pay is the same. Typically, contract…
Contractors are well paid (per day) when they are in a "short term consulting role" for a company that doesn't need a permanent position. When the role is "a body for the shop when the workload is high enough", the contractor is the least valued class in the team, paid less with less benefits, and first to cut when load or funding drops.
It all depends on skills. I've never been a contractor and paid less.
The part about first-to-cut is true though. Because it's the easiest for the employer.
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#9> Lawrence Dearth, the president of staffing company Insight Global,
Instead of naming your staffing company like a nondescript CIA front, why not call it "Dearth of Talent"?
No one would ever forget it.
Maybe it can be a cold-call icebreaker, too.
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#10Here is a possible silver lining, if you do go back and make half the wage, give yourself a time limit of putting in a quarter as much time as your previous full time role.
This gives your earning power per time a raise, and lets you take on multiple contract roles if you desire.
Don’t forget to live life with more time.