OMR SUBCAGE [subframe cage]
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Re: OMR SUBCAGE [subframe cage]
i have a few engineer buds who work with companies like those contract houses. they provide little to no benefits. CAT rarely even signs on employees, according to a friend of mine. he's a contract engineer for them, through an agency. he got NO vacation or sick time for the first year. any days he didnt work, he didnt get paid, period. now that he's been there a year, they give him 1 week off, and thats for sick, vacation, etc. sounds like a nightmare compared to the setup i got: 4 weeks vacation, 2.5 weeks sick, compressed schedule so i get every other friday off, and a liberal leave policy so i can come and go as i please as long as i have the vacation time available.
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Re: OMR SUBCAGE [subframe cage]
my boss isnt here today, but if i want to go on vacation for a week starting today at lunch, i can send him an email and tell him i'll see him next week... provided i'm caught up with my work.
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Re: OMR SUBCAGE [subframe cage]
i have a few engineer buds who work with companies like those contract houses. they provide little to no benefits. CAT rarely even signs on employees, according to a friend of mine. he's a contract engineer for them, through an agency. he got NO vacation or sick time for the first year. any days he didnt work, he didnt get paid, period. now that he's been there a year, they give him 1 week off, and thats for sick, vacation, etc. sounds like a nightmare compared to the setup i got: 4 weeks vacation, 2.5 weeks sick, compressed schedule so i get every other friday off, and a liberal leave policy so i can come and go as i please as long as i have the vacation time available.
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Re: OMR SUBCAGE [subframe cage]
if you can take a week off with 1 days notice without catching any grief for it, then you dont have enough work to do in the first place
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Re: OMR SUBCAGE [subframe cage]
my homie that works for CAT, i think that's how they do it... and if he doesnt go into work, they still charge their fee to the company, but he doesn't get paid for the hours not worked.
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Re: OMR SUBCAGE [subframe cage]
Ok guy in your fields, who makes more $$, contractors or direct employees?
In my company, both the IT field and the aerospace field, contractors get paid 50%-100% more than employees, but are limited to 24 months.
In my company, both the IT field and the aerospace field, contractors get paid 50%-100% more than employees, but are limited to 24 months.
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Re: OMR SUBCAGE [subframe cage]
It used to be that way here, but now we thave all the indians who can't work direct and will work contract for "dirt".
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contractors make TONS of money if they work in volatile countries where there's oil like nigeria or the middle east. i'm talking close to 200k or more. here, i'd say the direct employees are better off if u include benefits and what not. plus they are more secure... kinda. oil industry lays off frequently.
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Re: OMR SUBCAGE [subframe cage]
and by indians i mean people with ME degrees who somehow cant figure out how to thread a nut onto a bolt in real life
