Major department in IT used to be staffed about 50% with "external" contract employees. Since then they have shifted to almost exclusively offshore agents in Philippines, and are no doubt eager to rid themselves of the remaining expensive onshore employees. Centene decided not to renew contracts for these external, onshore "employees" as of 12/31. Several of them were apparently never notified by their manager or anyone else, and when trying to sign in after the holiday discovered their accounts were expired because the contracts weren't renewed. Centene cut these people off from their livelihood with NO NOTICE WHATSOEVER! Absolute lack of morality or sympathy or common human decency, the level of cruelty is astounding. Centene claims to care about its members and the wellbeing of the communities it serves but has no hesitation to absolutely kneecap itself by offshoring member's money and has no regard whatsoever for its employees.
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The organization initially mandated the establishment of three logistic centers in order to shift the IT department offshore, just as they had done before 2016. Given that all employees are now working remotely and there is no physical presence in the office buildings, the need for a sizable IT department to assist individuals on-site is no longer necessary.
Contractors operate all IT Logistics Centers. Last year, they changed contract businesses, and T.A., the IT manager, made it clear to everyone that he wanted each and every one of them to stay. Three of them received notice from the contract company that their contracts would not be renewed a week before the previous one expired. When they enquired as to why? Everyone pretended to be d-mb, and when they attempted to speak with the manager (T.A.), he was unable to be found and avoided them all the way until their last day of departure.
I think this varies in situation by situation. Our IT org notified all contractors around 30-40 days out, which feels fair.
Former contractor here. It works both ways: the contract can be cancelled by either party with little or no notice. This is the case with most staff augmentation contracts. You know the end is near when you are asked to document your daily processes for the full time employees. A contractor should meet with their project manager monthly, if not, weekly for contract status updates.
If you’re a contractor then it’s your contracting company’s responsibility to have notified you. It su-ks but it sounds like you’re barking up the wrong tree.