9 years ago
Taking aim at tech industry inequality, Microsoft extends paid leave to thousands of contractors
Although people do many jobs at Microsoft’s sprawling campus in Redmond, Wash., there are fundamentally two types of workers. The first type is an employee, entitled to the generous pay and benefits Microsoft has long offered: paid parental leave, a 401(k) match, tuition assistance, discounted stock purchases, the list goes on. The second is a contractor, employed by one of Microsoft's 2,000 suppliers. Many of them do tasks similar to those of the employees...
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