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Well that's certainly the truth. Long ago, an on-sitemanager (also an agency
contractor) gave me the truth: The only difference between a contract and a
permanent job is you know when the contract is going to end.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Gilger [SMTP:jgilger_it -at- NV -dot- DOE -dot- GOV]
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 2:10 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Contracting Experiences
>
> All I can add is that a "permanent" employee is just an underpaid temp
> that hasn't signed on with any agencies yet.
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