[dabockster]

I was forced to take a position very similar to this out of a need for an income (interviewed for full time, told it was contract-to-hire when I walked in on the first day). I left after six months once I had some money saved. Researching a bit for a few days after I left revealed that the company had a history of taking first generation college kids (like me) and working them on contracts for time periods of a few months to a few years (depending on when the kid realized that he/she was being ripped off, from what it looked like).