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by emodendroket 4130 days ago
What's amazing to me is all the recruiters who call you to ask if you want to do temp-to-perm work when you have a full-time job. Why would you agree to that?
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I just said the same thing. Unless I absolutely couldn't stand another day in my full time gig I would never leave for temp work.
Well, clearly the temp salary should be much higher than perm salary in order to compensate for the extra risk, right?
The salary numbers tend to magically shrink if you actually say you'd like to hear more.
Not just the extra risk, but often times you are missing out on very significant benefits which you will have to pay for out of pocket if you want them back. In my position, salary is probably about 75% of my compensation, all told. Maybe less.
Screw that, how about the recruiters who call offering straight contract work?