I work 40+ hours a week, have a company email, am on the company Slack, was just given a new laptop to use at work, have access to lots of confidential company information, but am not an employee. I'm a contractor. So basically I do everything an employee does but for less money and no benefits. I love working here but just can't really stop thinking about that part. There are people here who worked as contractors for yeeears before being made an employee and if I stay here I imagine it'll be the same. Just lame, I mean if someone is a good employee, make them an employee. It's a huge company that can absolutely afford it. Instead what they do is have people like me on “part time” while working full time hours, so that if they don't need me for a while or decide I'm not a good fit, there's no liability for them and I'm scrambling to suddenly find work.