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Google cuts team of contractors who went on strike (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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Google cuts team of contractors who went on strike::Google previously said the team of YouTube Music contractors were not employees since they were hired by Cognizant.

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[–] Kachilde 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The issue is, if you want a job in this sort of field, 90% of the time it is contract, with no option or ability to switch over to permanency. I have worked for several years in my current IT job, but I am technically a contractor, and every 6 months, I need to make peace with the fact that I might not have a job for no reason. I definitely do not rock the boat, because even though they’re “not allowed” to fire me if I join a union, they only have to wait till the end of the contract to find another worker bee.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago

Well, you want a job in IT. If you don’t like contract, use this employed time to find a non-contract IT job.