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No seriously you're not treated with dignity which is less than any human deserves

I just don't understand this argument. As a contractor, you are hired with the understanding that, if someone needs to be let go, it is you before the FTEs. In general, you're paid more as contractor than as an FTE, and that's one of the reasons.

There is nothing about that that implies you're not treated with dignity.

Yes it's not intrinsic to the relationship per se but in the implementation.

Contractors are treated with less dignity than they deserve on a number of fronts

As a contractor and even as an employee I've been treated with less dignity than I deserve especially when being let go on a moment's notice and treated like a plague carrier the minute I'm terminated

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