As an employee if you were asked to take a pay-cut and lose all of your benefits would you?
Why would you accept less money with no upside!
I think its easy for the outsourcer, or the internal teams to say to a contractor its not a big deal, but, these contractors have no employment rights.
They pay tax and ni the same as an employee but
Still no holiday or sick pay
Still no paternity or maternity pay
Still no benefits (health insurance, life cover etc.,)
Still no expenses
Still no security
If you asked an employee to accept that - you would have a mass exodus of the workforce, you can't have all the pain and no gain - that's just not right!
It's incredible the amount of vitriol on both sides of this debate and why is it between employees and contractors?
Why is your anger not towards shareholders, and employers who don't want to give people permanent roles but use them the same as permanent employees without giving them any of the benefits?
Some people are not brave enough to be contractors because there is a risk you might not get paid, there is a risk you are signed off sick and are not earning and they just like structure. Why does this make the risk-takers, who want to be in charge of their own destiny bad people?
As a permanent employee - if you're employer said as of 1st April, we are going to give you a 20% pay cut and you won't get any benefits any more - would you not think of leaving?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
