I recently had an interview for an ETW position, the contract is 1 year, the manager seems interested in me and she keeps saying how many white badges merge to black badge in the end, she said 90%. What is the truth about the transition from white badge to black badge, does it happen a lot? Or it just BS.... Thanks
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As an ETW I wrote software for 2 years and continually exceeded expectations receiving my last extension as a "critical role for the business". They 'offered' me a black badge at just under 1/2 of wage I was making as a w2 contractor. This is where I learned that if you don't accept whatever black badge they offer you're effectively black listed in the area – the pay is good, the environment is toxic but opportunity to make an impact is large. I would strongly advise finding another job before your 2080 hours time out so you have some kind of leverage to negotiate or a place to land.
Yeah 90% seems pretty high. As the others have said it depends on the group you’re with (are they expanding or flat?), the job you do, how well you are liked and how good of a job you do.
I can give a story of what NOT to do, as one ETW in our team did: decline to do work because “this is just a temporary job until I find a black badge role somewhere.” He didn’t last long.
Work hard and show your value and it might work. But what he said is BS. They never know what is going to happen. Especially now with the new ORG structure, there are many rumors about massive layoffs and black badges becoming white badges.
Really depends on the org & fiscal climate. It's often just a carrot dangled but it can happen...just work hard at being really well-liked. That helps.