That’s actually not quite right. VW is a confirmed cheat and its well understood that someone willing to cheat once is willing to do so again. At this point all VW statements that aren’t verified true by an unrelated 3rd party are suspect.

What would the impact be on other areas when this moisture is redirected?

We lacked emissions test evidence for some time as well but oh look, some found its way out.

The contractors I know do long term work (its essentially open ended) and get paid less than full time employees (along with reduced benefits). I understand that many 6-12 month contracts can pay quite well but this new breed of contractors isn’t so lucky. I have no issue with well paying short term contract work.

I’m very familiar with contract work and I have no issue with the 6-12 month contracts you typically see with IT workers. I understand their purpose. My issue is when “temporary” becomes open ended and is utilized as an excuse for a company to avoid paying fairly.

Sure, consultants who happen to share all of the characteristics of full time workers minus the benefits.

Huh? You need to get your facts straight as I never stated that I felt cheated. I’ve been lucky enough to avoid contract work so this isn’t a problem for me. It is a real problem for many other people though.

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Ah! You’re confused because you somehow missed the rest of the sentence! Its not the single hour figure that’s important but what it means in conjunction with the other job characteristics.

The rear is just bad all around. It really does ruin the look of the car as it only looks good from the front. Side profile and rear ends are downright ghastly.

Very much indeed!

Based on the content of your response I’d say the growing up needs to happen on your end. You’ll one day understand that opinions exist that don’t align with yours.

I’ve been lucky enough to avoid contract work and I don’t have issue with conventional short term contracts but the recent trends in long term contract hires is troubling. It’s a way to hire full time employees without offering full time employee benefits.

I understand it very well. The difference in our logic is that I understand that many of these contract workers are being taken advantage of through legal means and find it troubling. Legality does not equate with fairness so while I’m sure there are a ton of relevant regulations and forms you can use to support your…

Telling someone they shouldn’t whine when being taken advantage of is a hard argument to sell. I understand its a smart bet to look for other options but sometime they aren’t available. I’m not even getting into any late shift technicalities. I’m talking about employees that work fairly typical hours, 40+ weekly.…

Not all contract employees function in the way you describe. There are people working 40+ hours at Facebook today for years on end, working on Facebook projects for Facebook who are still contracted employees.

You are thinking of contractors in a traditional sense. I personally know people who work multi year jobs for businesses as a contractor, essentially doing work that would otherwise be done by full time employees but skipping out on the benefits. I don’t have issue with typical short term contracts but many businesses…

Contract role does not necessarily mean temporary work these days. Many long term contracts workers (multi year jobs) are working at Facebook and other businesses.

Over 25 and happy with my full time work but its naive to think of contractors today as any other temp job. Many businesses (I’m right here in the Bay Area) have contractors doing work for 12+ months that is obviously work that would otherwise be done by a full time employee. We’re not talking temporary jobs here.…

You dont seem to understand how this works. Sticking a team of people in a conference room is equivalent to saying “this is a temporary situation”. Without a follow up conversation detailing when the actual office space will be available (if ever) every employee in that room has to spend a significant amount of time…