Staff Consultants

[Kevin Scott Feeman <kevinf -at- PRIMENET -dot- COM>]

All, I guess I wasn't very clear on the question that I had.  I wrote:

     I have a question that is similar.  Right now, I am working for a
company as a consultant.  The contract I was           working on ended
about a month ago and they have yet found me a position.  However, I am
getting paid on                     the bench.  My question is this:  For
those who have worked at a company as a main employee and at other
 times in their careers, as a consultant, which do you like best?  Any
replies will be helpful.

I am not an independent consultant.  I work for a specific company that
pays me bench time while they search for a position for me.  I am getting
paid the same salary as I did when I was on a contract and actually working
to earn my wage.  I have NO desire to go as a full time self-employed
consultant.  I was thinking about looking for a position with another
company where I would no longer work for the consulting company.  I would
not be a technical communicator consultant, I would be a technical writer
as an employee for this company.  My main question that I wanted advice on
was from people who were in a similar position, where they have worked for
a specific consulting company and as a regular employee for a company.
Which do you like best: working as a consultant with a consulting company
or as a regular employee at a company?  What are the pros and cons?  What
is more beneficial to me in the long run?  Please reply privately and I
will post a summary if there is sufficient interest.

Kevin Feeman