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Isn’t this the reality inside any large companies in America?

Contractors will always live in a different world than full timers. It sucks, but that’s what it is.

It is what it is but it's so awful it's actually illegal to make contractors work as employees in most of the world. I'd wager it's got to be illegal in at least some American states.

The distinction between contractors and employees is nationwide.

This two-tier system is literally how the U.S. federal government works as well in a great deal of functions.

I've been reading about the "red badge of shame" at Google for at least the past 6 or 7 years. Seems like Nintendo isn't really an outlier in this case.

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