There are plenty of benefits that accrue, but there's a big difference between being a temp and a consultant.
For example, when I was doing legal temp work, I had to be placed through an agency. The agency was paid somewhere between 32 and 40 dollars an hour for my labor, but I was paid between 17 and 21. For me to take a pay cut when I accepted a position would have been ridiculous because it wasn't as if the company wasn't already paying the overage. Instead of paying a fee, they paid for my health care. There's no net loss there. I'm assuming tues is in a similar position. I turned down a position at a v. chi-chi firm because they tried to pull this kind of crap (which is no don't why I'm so vehemently responding to tues' question.) They tried to pull that to the tune of offering 13% less than I was making as a temp. Take that out of your current salary and think how much that'd hurt. Now I'd generally agree that it's better to be a permanent employee, if only for the legal protection provided you. Nonetheless, for most people who are temping, losing 50 bucks or more a pay period matters. On 5/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've never been a temp, but aren't there benefits to being a permanent employee; vacation, personal days, health insurance, pension, 401K, severance, leaving early on Fridays, long boozy lunches etc. that don't accrue to temps? Or am I just spoiled? Regards, Tony
