> There’s no way I want to go back ... making half the amount.
IMHO, if a company lays off an employee, and then wants them back as a contractor/consultant, the tasteful offer is that the money doubles, not halves.
IMHO, if a company lays off an employee, and then wants them back as a contractor/consultant, the tasteful offer is that the money doubles, not halves.
2. Why would they double this person’s pay? This person no longer has a job and needs one!
I'd see this more at a company like Twitter than Microsoft, but trying to refill a role, especially with the same people after once firing them is often a sign that they fucked up and let go people that were critically needed.
That's the kind of conditions where the person comes back as a contractor, but paid significantly more.
This also happens a lot in small companies with stupid managers.
Because he's contracting now. Contractors typically don't take jobs for salary level pay, let alone _less_ that salary level pay. The main reason we charge more is to cover costs for insurance, and all the other things a company would normally pay for — but it's also because we don't _need_ the job, _they_ need the job filled.
That's why hiring contractors is usually more expensive per hour than hiring full time staff.
because they can
the game has changed
They might take their final crumbles before it all goes to 0
Granted, "extinction level event" is a bit of a stretch (at least on a collective basis, though individually it can be a very different story), but perhaps we could manifest a French Revolution type of thing with some coordination.
See also “Nobody wants to work”