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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by ExoticPearTree on Friday November 10, 2023 @07:48AM (#38218186)
I think we're talking about different things: contractors are paid more than regular employees doing the same thing. And they don't have any benefits the actual employees have.

> Also, the pay was somewhat lower. I was fresh out of uni so I didn't know better.

What you describe is outsourcing, not contracting.

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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by Pet_Ant on Friday November 10, 2023 @02:15PM (#38223181)
The body shop and their client call it contracting. If one will follow the mantra of "words mean whatever people use them as" then this is contracting.
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