My wife worked for a temp for a time before we were married. She felt that
she would never be sure of where she would be working, what she would be
doing, for whom, and under what conditions. When she was not working, she
was never sure of how long she would be off work before she got that phone
call. She was in her twenties at the time, so she could take it, but I
would hate to see people in that position for any length of time.
Ed Weick
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Gail Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: Temp market for labour (what to call it....)
> Gail Stewart wrote:
> >
> > A question that came to mind:
> >
> > If temp agencies had a different name - something like
> > flexwork agencies for instance - might we understand them
> > differently?
> >
> > Might we see them as facilitating self-directed
> > self-employment and thus a welcome wave of the future,
> > allowing people to enter the paid labour market only as
> > needed and to organize their lives around active leisure
> > rather than around paid work?
> [snip]
>
> What if they were called labor-pimps?
>
> Self-directed self-employment doesn't generally
> need a procurer.
>
> So we have at least 3 different ways to look at Temp
> agencies, and no doubt there are individuals who
> experience each of the three flavors.
>
> +\brad mccormick
>
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>
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>
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