Next on Hacker News: Microsoft suppliers now hiring more contractors and less full-time staff.
Economics
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No less "wrong" than Nike moving its shoe factories out of the USA and into China, Vietnam, or anywhere else that doesn't have OSHA, EPA, minimum wage, labor unions, ACA, etc.
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I've read on HN about Facebook doing similar things. They brag up and down about the amazing benefits they give employees, while at the same time moving headcount to contractors who don't get to eat the free food ... literally.
[edit] found the article:
Facebook's underclass: staffers enjoy perks, contractors barely get by
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15350600
... heh, one commenter even mentions Eloi and Morlocks.