I was a contractor for 2 years from '92 to '94 (badges were green then though) and I was a "blue badge" from '94 to '00. Yeah contractors are treated different. They filed a class action lawsuit because they were treated "the same as regular employees, except for the benefits". They won, and got paid. I got my check a couple months ago;) Microsoft was told by it's lawyers to make sure that contractors were NOT treated as regular employees as a result of that lawsuit. You can't have it both ways.
If you don't like the way you are treated, don't be a contractor at Microsoft.
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I was a contractor for 2 years from '92 to '94 (badges were green then though) and I was a "blue badge" from '94 to '00. Yeah contractors are treated different. They filed a class action lawsuit because they were treated "the same as regular employees, except for the benefits". They won, and got paid. I got my check a couple months ago ;) Microsoft was told by it's lawyers to make sure that contractors were NOT treated as regular employees as a result of that lawsuit. You can't have it both ways.
If you don't like the way you are treated, don't be a contractor at Microsoft.