Hello Bob.

03 Jun 06 06:06, you wrote to me:

 BA> You can thank your all-wise, all-powerful government for that state of
 BA> affairs.  All those various rules, regulations, taxes and whatever-else
 BA> paperwork is involved in the hiring (and firing) process almost force
 BA> employers to avoid hiring anyone (and/or move the jobs to someplace where

 BA> they're not in effect - like Bangladesh).  The 'independent
 BA> is one strategy used, the use of 'temps' (temporary employees) is
 BA> another.

  That's another one that drives me crazy.  My friends wife makes a great
living as a temp, and she's been one for 8 years.  Always gets 44 hours a
week, always doing something different (Within the office enviroment) and
swears by it.

  Other people I know get sucked into working for a temp agency and get
locked into crazy contracts they can't get out of, so if the company you
temped at WANTS to hire you, they can't.

 BA> apparently once hired there it's almost impossible for the employer to fire
 BA> you - sort of like civil service in this country.

  See that's too much in the wrong direction, employers need to be able to
fire someone if they are a complete incompantant.

Shawn

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