“They’re temporary”
As are the a number of employees these days. It is now a “gig economy”.
I have seen staffing at 100% contractors, and most Fortune 500 are easily 30%+ staff augmentations. I have rarely seen employees with more than 4 years company time. Turnover is so great that they might as well be temporary workers. Heck, I’ve seen contractors at a company longer than the company staff.
The days of hiring, training, and retaining technical employees is over, and has been for 15+ years.
Organizations I am familiar with in the US are calling together their employees and telling them, that there is now full employment in the area AND EVERYONE WHO WANTS A JOB HAS ONE and no price hikes sooooo
there is not going to raise in pay, instead they are going to hire from the world pools of immigrants instead of from the local pool
I am serious, this has happened in the past month. A number of folks from different companies and organizations have told me.
Mostly leftists in shock.
Welcome to our third world country.