I have question for MS people.

How do you guys view external contractors(the one with email address start with v-xxx)

I was contractor for MS for a while and it was not a very positive experience. i was kind of being forgotten and only be mentioned when convenient. I went by months without any actual real work done.

I definitely experienced that “yellow badges” were viewed by long timers as somewhat of a lower caste. Starting with the first onboarding day where they were given hand-me-down phones and laptops.

(This was a long time ago, during the Ballmer era. Just my personal 2 cents.)