Of course not since you didn't volunteer for a hefty cut in pay.
I’ve been at what I do for most of four decades. I doubt I could make it past HR to become an employee so Instead I’m a conslutant at nearly double the pay. Oh well.
Blame Sarbanes - Oxley for the rise of HR. It is like revenge of the nerds.
What was it Plato said? “The measure of a man is what he does with power.”