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0 pointsprotomyth7y ago0 comments

After the Microsoft lawsuit, those perpetual renewals pretty much dried up. Any company that still does it is taking a risk.

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Foobar85687y ago· 2 in thread

Take a tour in Europe, France or Switzerland, I know some contractors who have been in the same client, if not team (through various reorg) for more than two decades. Myself,5y same client over a 7years period, each time in a different team or close to.

TeMPOraL7y ago

Wonder how long it'll last. Current government in Poland recently announced they're planning a crackdown on "permalancers", with a recent interview calling people regularly billing just one client "not true entrepreneurs", and therefore not entitled to privileges of sole proprietorship.

madeofpalk7y ago

I've been doing this (not quite on the 5 year scale) in both UK and Australia.

alteria7y ago

Now Microsoft only allows contractors for 18 months in a given 24 month period (i.e. mandatory 6 month cooling-off period).

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