[fieryeagle]

Contractors are second-class citizens at best, at any places so what was she expecting exactly? I don't mean to deride the writer but I'm honestly not sure if the janitors would think that working at FB is the opportunity of a lifetime, and I place more values at keeping places clean and tidy than curating news with an obvious bias (hint - I don't read them). There is nothing world-changing about picking out articles as a stepping stone for being replaced by algorithms. If you can't speak up, it means you are weak, the environment is toxic or both. So do something about it, or walk away like what the men do.

[k__]

Depends in what you do for the company.

If they just need you to get more work done, you may be right.

But if you got a skill no one else at the company has, they are rather nice to you.

[fieryeagle]

When you have the unique skill, you're better off being labelled as 'consultant'. The terms might be used interchangeably yet I've seen the power dynamics being consultant > full-timer > part-timer > contractor.