Even that varies. Contractors are pulled into “team building” exercises where I am.
Yeah we’re actually pretty nice to our contractors here. But that’s because our contractors are here to cheat the corporate BS. Corporate decided tech writers were unnecessary so they laid all of them off, but documentation is still necessary so we “outsource” it much the way we outsource localization, except their contract is onsite. They’ve been with us for years, and one of these days a new management religion will take over and we’ll hire them.