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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by ponector on Thursday November 09, 2023 @03:15PM (#38210561)
In such companies you are not truly a contractor, but employee of the bodyshop company which lease you to the client. As the result you deal with politics in both companies: your employer and their client. And bodyshop has performance reviews as well.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by orochimaaru on Thursday November 09, 2023 @04:02PM (#38211246)
Not really. A staffing co like randstadt won’t give you perf reviews etc. You just work through them for tax reason. You hardly even interact with your account manager.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by pseg134 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:20PM (#38212192)
That’s incredibly disingenuous, randstadt is not a body shop. You are basically lying.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by orochimaaru on Thursday November 09, 2023 @06:16PM (#38212778)
That’s a strange accusation. I never said they were a body shop. They are a staffing company. I’ve known people who have worked through them. Have had good experiences.

I just said you could freelance through them. A lot of people do.

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