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Orange Badge Culture At Microsoft
coolball writes "For those of us that have worked as a contractor (a-dash or orange badge or whatever), Seattle PI's 'Microsoft's 'orange badge' culture gets forum' article caught my eye this morning. He talks about OrangeBadges.com and Contractor's International Network, two forums that have sprung up as a meeting place (cyber & meat) for current/past/future contractors of the empire. If you have been a Microsoftee, then you would laugh out loud in recognition some of the tales he relates."
The contractors at Microsoft seem to be the biggest whiners I have seen in the IT industry. *Whine* they dont treat us the same, the put a hyphen in our email address so everyone knows we are contractors *Whine*.
Guess what? No one cares. Some people don't have jobs, period - especially cushy IT jobs at a stable mega-corporation.
But there was this very large governmental organisation somewhere in Europe once upon a time that put colored badges on people it wanted to treat as inferior. What happened to it? I think it went out of business in the big dot-bomb of '45.
Pining for the fjords
You're a very enlightened patrician, congratulations on veiwing the plebes as actual humans.
Just don't worry too much about the fact that they get one week vacation a year, no sick leave (so they'll come to work and infect you), crummy heath insurance and lousy 401k, not to mention the guarantee that they have to look for work every year as punishment for getting too uppity once upon a time.
Just worry about sticking your blue nose up the ass of the other blue noses so you can be sure to get a good review, then shove your nose a little deeper so they don't see you frown when your raise for doing MORE than was expected of you still doesn't keep pace with the cost of living.