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Originally Posted by skyblueheroes
Agencies are terrible, and more than often push labour prices up where its not needed.
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I guess that depends on your point of view and what angle you are looking from.
I am interested in permanent positions, but I agree agencies and people working for them were getting lottery figures a few years ago in the telecoms industry. I was always against it because you could end up with someone working alongside you earning 3 - 4 times as much and not being as skilled as yourself.
I made the mistake when the big money was available, along with many others I showed too much loyalty to my employer only to be treated badly after most of the well paid jobs dried up.
I think temporary contractors are a good idea when a job has two things.
1 = A start
2 = A finish
I dont agree with contractors being taken on ad-hoc to carry out a task that is on-going and able to be filled by a permanent person.