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Old 05-07-2014, 08:17 PM   #232
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it's why i realized i'd never make it in business, too much of a communist who can see the strings

temps are the waitstaff of the office world. yeah they "onboard" them in a couple hours and won't think twice about firing them. in fact, hiring temps is rather expensive. It's kind of like legal slavery, where you "buy" this person's contract from its "owner." A contract that the temp has never seen or been involved in negotiating. The successful purchase of this temp contract also does not really enrich the temp in any way, other than providing permanent employment for usually the same wages (or the precious 50 cent raise! OMGZ!) and i guess benefits which you end up paying for anyway.

i've been through a few temp-to-hire turnstiles like that. usually it's some kind of vulture capital business like "asset management" aka a business devoted to managing from afar the maintenance of foreclosed properties on behalf of big bank clients.

i am now working for a non-profit.

 
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