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		anonzzzies 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: At Amazon, some coders say their jobs have begun t... FTE for lack of a better word: they are not employees of the company, they are full-time working for the company; they are employed by some outsourcing place. FTE I guess means employee of the western country and that they are not, but what would be the term? Full time remote worker?

mrheosuper 9 months ago [–]

Maybe you mean "contractor" ?

alternatex 9 months ago | [–]

A lot of those deals between western companies and companies in developing countries are not fixed-time contracts but ongoing collaborations.

anonzzzies 9 months ago | | [–]

And that is not outsourcing? Definitely called that here...

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