A (non-tech) company I used to work for hired temp workers as a way for HR to hit some kind of "low headcount" performance bonus. It was terrible for everyone else, including the temps themselves.
Re:Amazon Is Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart
by Zach_the_Lizard on Friday July 24, 2015 @04:28PM
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Some Federal agencies are restricted to X number of employees by law. They hire a bunch of contractors to get around this. It's not a great system.
Re:Amazon Is Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart
by MichaelCrawford on Friday July 24, 2015 @04:40PM
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My father once complained about the hot weather making his work at the naval shipyard unbearable.
But dont you have air conditioning my mother asked.
The federal regulations specify the temperature in which AC is permitted he replied. Washington DC is the coolest place that permits air conditioning.
When I was a contract programmer at Apple In 1990 I was told that it hired so many contractors so it could inflate the ratio of revenue to employees, which would inflate the stock price. While Apple still had to report our pay it was some other kind of business expense, like office furniture.