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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by SkyPuncher on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:57PM (#23852600)
> Maybe that's not always the case, but salaried employees usually earn 80% or less what their contract counterparts do.

That's because the employer is covering significant costs on behalf of the employe. A fully-loaded FTE typically costs 30% to 40% more than they're base salary.

Contractors need to make more because they're covering all of those things themselves.

Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by katzgrau on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:33PM (#23865611)
I agree, which is part of why C2H isn't as bad of a deal as the parent thread is implying