As someone who has only held full time positions until 2023 (when I got my first contractor job), I can’t help but notice the similarities between Microsoft and American Express in their willingness to hire people for core jobs, provide equipment, demand how and when they work, but still classify them as contractors to whom they don’t owe benefits or profit sharing.
TECHNOLOGY; Temp Workers At Microsoft Win Lawsuit (Published 2000)
Microsoft Corp agrees to pay $97 million to settle eight-year-old class-action lawsuit in which thousands of temporary employees accused company of improperly denying them benefits; lawsuit was by far most prominent lawsuit in nation attacking popular practice in which many companies hired workers as temps, kept them for year or more and did not provide them with regular permanent employee benefits; Microsoft, in reaction to lawsuit, has taken several major steps to change its employment practices; estimated 8,000 to 12,000 former temporary workers will qualify for award under settlement, with average award expected to run about $10,000 (M)
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