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Subject:RE: Hourly Rate & Per Diem?? From:Bob Morrisette <writer1 -at- sabu -dot- EBay -dot- Sun -dot- COM> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:29:53 -0800 (PST)
>From: "Kachurka, Brad M." <BMKachurka -at- West -dot- com>
>
>I know that this we are supposed to keep it clean on the messages but
>agencies are glorified labor pimps. Agencies whether dealing with employers
>or employees are only concerned with the bottom line (just like a pimp). By
>the nature of the business they can't get "attached" to an employee because
>the nature of the jobs or temporary. Some might argue that If you think
>that they are not concerned about the bottom line, ask them to show you the
>bill rate they charge the company.
>
>Brad Kachurka
>Technical Writer
>
You can say want you want about agencies, but when I used them,
they always had a job for me at a good rate.
I didn't care what they charged the customer as long as I was well paid.
Comparing agencies to a pimp is ridiculous.
