I'll agree with that.
Let me tell you my story...
I currently work at Intel as an Accountant. Intel pays $38.00 an hour for me, it also has these benefits: over a dozen paid holidays, with two floating each year, free coffee or soda for employees (called blue badges), direct match 401k (to 5%) for retirement, and will match any and all money that you donate to charity, flex hours, and others. Working through two temp agencies (Intel went through A that went to B that found me) I see only $18.00 an hour (over 1/2 of what I earn is going to the temp agencies), with no paid days off (none what so ever, I get holidays off, but not paid, so I'd rather come in sick, rather than miss a day of work), I'm a 'green badge' (meaning temp) I have no flex hours, no retirement, no free soda (though I get one when they just assume that I'm a blue badge and don't ask) and they won't even let me volunteer with them.
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