working for a third party
working for a third party
(OP)
In my part of the US there is an increasing trend of
companies hiring their engineering and tech staff through
a contracting company. The problem is that there are very
few of these contracting companies serving the industry.
And they are getting all the contracts.
This has a notable destructive effect on competition for
jobs from the tech person side.
There is a positive feedback to this cycle. As contracting
gains a foothold with more payroll pricing power and
thus lower rates for industry then more industry will hire
this way and thus reinforce the trend.
We will be forced to compete ourselves into this mess I am
afraid.
companies hiring their engineering and tech staff through
a contracting company. The problem is that there are very
few of these contracting companies serving the industry.
And they are getting all the contracts.
This has a notable destructive effect on competition for
jobs from the tech person side.
There is a positive feedback to this cycle. As contracting
gains a foothold with more payroll pricing power and
thus lower rates for industry then more industry will hire
this way and thus reinforce the trend.
We will be forced to compete ourselves into this mess I am
afraid.





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Just report the contractors and their companies to the Board. :)
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Voila!
Working for an engineering temp agency is far equivalent to being your own boss.
Better make sure you make these people pay for the "flexibility" you're offering. If you're doing so in terms of a higher rate of pay once benefits are figured in, fantastic- knock yourself out. But this "flexibility" comes at a cost- if employers have a zero cost rather than merely a low cost of downsizing, expect them to do it more rapidly than ever before- and expect the next economic downturn to be a very hurtful experience indeed!
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Cheers
Greg Locock
Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.
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experience level.
If I complain they will tell me don't let the door hit
your butt on the way out.
Maybe it is my region of the country.
I just think it is alarming that this contract agency can
seem to get 50% of the jobs in this area greatly limiting
my ability to find other work.
RE: working for a third party
Cheers
Greg Locock
Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.
RE: working for a third party