Recent comments in /f/RhodeIsland

nealien79 t1_j63bsvs wrote

I applied for a graphic design manager there and they said anyone below a manager level is a contractor. That is insane that a company would operate like that - so no one gets benefits or health insurance below a manager level? It didn’t seem legal to me, or if it is, then it is just shitty of the company. I didn’t get the job and was happy I didn’t.

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WickedxJosh t1_j63ap61 wrote

My wife was a contractor for 2 one year stints over the course of 3 years. In that time was the last major layoff. They let go people that would have taken a bullet for the company just because it seemed. No one was safe. They know people love working for them because the nostalgia and use it to their advantage.

And let’s not forget to mention the departments staffed by a rotating cycle of contractors. We know people that have been back 4-6 times for the same position.

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RandomChurn t1_j634ypx wrote

Can't believe that these days an American kid can reach 10 still believing in Santa!

Story time: the Christmas when I was about to turn 9, my mother gave me a life-size (my then-size) painted wooden doll house in the shape of a French chateau that she had made.

Then she explained that Santa was actually a spirit who worked through people to give gifts.

(This dovetailed nicely with her teachings about how God works.)

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