Is this what the World thinks a majority of Americans are like?

[sethnintendo]

SamuelRSmith said:

sethnintendo said:

Perhaps that is for contract workers.  My contract company only gives paid holidays after 1200 hours worked (includes overtime)  Right when I almost accumulated 1200 for paid holidays they laid me off and I started at 0 again when they hired me back on.  You have to get 1800 or 2000 hours (doesn't include overtime) for a 1 week paid vacation.  When I was laid off that total went back to 0 again.

Remember the lonely contract worker!!! We get fucked in the ass every day!  At least I have a job but that isn't saying too much.

Contractors are pretty much in the same boat everywhere. Contractors also tend to get a higher wage than their permenant staff member equivalent, in part because of the lack of holiday pay.

Yea, I know what you are talking about.  I worked contract (SMX) for Jabil and was making 10.50 and when they wanted to hire me on at 9.50 I told them no.  They looked at me surprised saying that it was a privileged to be hired on.  I told them that I already lived pay check to pay check and that I couldn't take a dollar wage reduction per hour for holiday pay and paid time off (they closed down the Round Rock plant anyways after 5-6 months of offer).  I believe Flextronics/Aerotek (where I work now as an Aerotek contract worker) they might give a wage increase with benefits now.  They perhaps did the same bullshit Jabil tried to pull before.  You have to pay for all other benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc) so the only real benefit you get is paid time off and paid holidays.  Everything else you have to still pay for under most manufacturers (unless they are better than Jabil and Flextronics which isn't hard to acheive).