I always thought the contractor thing was odd. I did it once, it paid a shitload of money but you had no sick leave or holiday leave, and could be dismissed at any moment. I was contracted via a recruitment company, they had some sort of payroll company set up, so I technically worked for that.
I think the contract thing is so they can allocate the bill to various departments, all my work had to be marked as Capital, not business as usual etc.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
