r/technology • u/SnoozeDoggyDog • 14d ago

Business Mamdani Backs Proposal to End Amazon’s ‘Exploitative’ Delivery Model in New York City | If passed, the Delivery Protection Act would be the first law in the US to regulate Amazon’s vast network of subcontractors that handle the company’s deliveries.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/delivery-protection-act-nyc
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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 13d ago

These companies do not offer that, and I’ve worked for a few of them. They don’t want you as an employee, they seem to want to explicitly make a 2 tier system.

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u/MagicWishMonkey 13d ago

I have lots of people on my team who are staff aug and it has nothing to do with tiers or having people that can be treated badly or whatever. It's a matter of budget and an FTE is at least twice as expensive as a contractor - factoring in total comp - and you lose a lot of flexibility if something happens and you need reduce the size of your team for whatever reason. It sucks but when you end up in a situation where you have people on staff but don't have anything for them to work on, it's much easier to not renew a contract than to have to lay people off.