I work in employee benefits. The growing trend over the last 15 years is to make employees subcontractors 1099 employees. No benefits.
Large companies do this by hiring from temporary agencies. Don’t like the employee? Tell the temp agency not to bring him or her back.
This started with blue collar but now rapidly spreading to white collar.
The country is fuarked and heading down the tubes.
I have zero problem with short term people hired on as subcontractors but companies doing this to full time will lead to more people voting democrat.
Contract work was a GREAT experience for this IT Project Manager.
Paid very well and allowed substantial flexibility.
At the interview I would always interview the client.
What is the project objective, who are the stakeholders and what is the budget?
Rarely would I find a company that could answer those.
Cha Ching.