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I've been working with a recruiter for a long time now, close to a decade. The jobs she got me a few years ago were great, but now, it seems like the quality has been going downhill. The latest job she got me just seems shady as hell too. I interviewed for Company A, on behalf of Company B, but payroll is going through Company C, even though I'm working for Company D. How much is this contract worth that there's 4 companies involved for one client?! This is making me rethink if i really want this job, since this comes off as super shady. Not only that, I just did all the background checks, but I have to do all the new hire paperwork again, since the company background checks don't transfer.

The second company seems really nice, so i can definitely do the job. Except for one slight problem, it's the same company I used to work in before my wife passed away. Technically its the parent company, but if you knew the structuring of this company, its all one in the same. It pays well, the job is interesting, but i dont want my brain to do something emotionally dumb, even though I really like the people.

I've been working with a recruiter for a long time now, close to a decade. The jobs she got me a few years ago were great, but now, it seems like the quality has been going downhill. The latest job she got me just seems shady as hell too. I interviewed for Company A, on behalf of Company B, but payroll is going through Company C, even though I'm working for Company D. How much is this contract worth that there's 4 companies involved for one client?! This is making me rethink if i really want this job, since this comes off as super shady. Not only that, I just did all the background checks, but I have to do all the new hire paperwork again, since the company background checks don't transfer. The second company seems really nice, so i can definitely do the job. Except for one slight problem, it's the same company I used to work in before my wife passed away. Technically its the parent company, but if you knew the structuring of this company, its all one in the same. It pays well, the job is interesting, but i dont want my brain to do something emotionally dumb, even though I really like the people.

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[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

How much is this contract worth that there's 4 companies involved for one client?!

You will be getting less per hour than any one of the four companies do for your time.....

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Also apparently I don't get provided a machine either, i have to use my home machine. This contract just seems all kinds of messed up.

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Also apparently I don't get provided a machine either, i have to use my home machine. This contract just seems all kinds of messed up.

Demand a machine. Tell the recruiter one of the 4 companies can surely afford to buy you one. Also demand more money and really sweat them all out but find a better contract....

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What I'm doing now, no way am i signing to work for a company with no laptop, making a fraction of how much money is in the pot. This recruiter pulled the same crap a few years ago, and intentionally lowered my salary because i didn't have a degree, even though there was no reason to do so. It was still more than what i made at the time by a long shot, but a scummy move over all

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Just don't work for jews. Never again

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I've been a consultant for more than a decade now and what you're seeing is happening more and more. It's one of the reasons I decided to get out of the grind and accept a full-time role at a large company.

The emotional aspect of your decision is one I can't offer advice on. Only you know your mental strength.

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Im gonna work with job 2, i think. At least I know the company, know the people, and know the product line. I don't even know who i would be working for in the first company. They "hired" me and have yet to give a start date, a work machine, or an actual client

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That's probably your best bet.

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It's weird, i have tons of experience, and i feel no better at this point than the new hire. The employment landscape went from bad to worst in the span of a decade. And yet the tech landscape is somehow still better than the rest of the employment landscape. As the old saying goes, its the cleanest tshirt in the hamper, doesnt mean it isnt covered in crap