Re:several issues (Score 1)

Contractors, however, do have an advantage that no one has mentioned yet.

The fact that they serve for a fixed amount of time means that they can be shown the door after their contract is up and there should be no hard feelings on either side. On the other hand, if a permanent employee is let go, for either good or bad reasons, that termination will resonate with the other permanent employees and may cause problems.

I once managed a technical support department for which we hired a lot of part-time students. I seldom had need to can anybody since most of the students would be gone in a semester or so.

This meant that the full-time employees could breathe a little easier. If the boss came to me and said we needed to cut down on salaries, I did not think about layoffs. I simply hired fewer part-time people.

No matter what you may think of the management of your company, they do not like to fire people. It ain't no fun for anyone.

Oh,just so you know, I'm 56. Pretty soon I need to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.

Grumpy