I worked for one of the affected companies as a rare example of a permanent, in-house engineer.

They had a _lot_ of contractors, some independent based in the UK, some contracts with companies with a local presence who would work from the office alongside us, and some in India.

All were equally shit at worst, with only the independent contractors proving the exception on occasion.

I recall being stuck with “senior” colleagues who couldn’t manage to upgrade a dependency even while being handheld.