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Heywood J

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22. A valuable service... that lasts for years and years and years,

Reply to toby jo (Reply #17)

Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:55 PM

Sep 2013

with low wages, no benefits, and no job security. Been there, done that, have a T-shirt. Unionization won't do shit if they pick up the phone and replace you with someone else, or someone hired through a different staffing agency.

How did business ever operate before millions of people became temps?

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This is not good news in my opinion. 2014 hiring trends I got this in an email from Monster [View all] upaloopa Sep 2013 OP

12 to $14 an hour for 15 to 20 hours a week jsr Sep 2013 #1

That was the best my youngest son (college grad) was able to get ($12) after being laid off mnhtnbb Sep 2013 #5

personally, I think that would be a very wise decision. nt antigop Sep 2013 #7

Fall in love with a German & settle there.. SoCalDem Sep 2013 #8

We are going to visit later in the fall mnhtnbb Sep 2013 #14

Vacations then SoCalDem Sep 2013 #15

try raising kids on that FirstLight Sep 2013 #12

"just-in-time labor" phantom power Sep 2013 #2

This is absolutetly disgusting. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #3

Arise is a horrible company BuelahWitch Sep 2013 #4

what is needed is very cheap legal services and a lot of PR so cap Sep 2013 #6

unfortunately that is not what happens. This has been happening for years. there are robinlynne Sep 2013 #9

Contract Labor, Contingency Labor, And Just-In-Time Labor IS The New Norm TheMastersNemesis Sep 2013 #10

This reads like a press release that Monster is fronting for its clients / temp agencies. KurtNYC Sep 2013 #11

We've shit the bed and died...n/t RagAss Sep 2013 #13

Definitely very bad news for the working class. lark Sep 2013 #16

We are ALL working class Taverner Sep 2013 #21

Temp help is an excellent business model. toby jo Sep 2013 #17

The trend is not to increase the access to temp workers. upaloopa Sep 2013 #18

That's great if you want a temporary nation. jtuck004 Sep 2013 #19

Short-sighted, ill-informed, and remarkably naive. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #20

A valuable service... that lasts for years and years and years, Heywood J Sep 2013 #22