They get a paycheck, sick time, vacation time, holidays, benefits. For me as a Stellcom employee my compensation is basically my paycheck. That's really the bottom line. That's a facade. With companies downsizing, I've seen a lot of good people get let go.
Companies take care of themselves.
They're in the business of staying in business. If that works out well for the employees fine, if not, that's also fine. A. One of the key things that helped me make the move to consulting is that I was working on a project as a direct employee, putting in 12 hours a day, coming in on the weekends. I thought it would be nice to get paid what I worked. A. Working for Stellcom makes my risk somewhat diversified.