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How to get the most out of temps
1. It's a fact
The trend towards smaller permanent staffs began in the 1980s and has become standard practice in many large companies. They reason as follows: Why pay wages, benefits, and perks to people who are only needed at peak periods or in emergencies?
Companies source their non-permanent staff from three labour pools:
- On-call workers - for example, former employees, retirees, or redundants known by the company to possess the required skills, and called on when needed from a company database.
- Contract workers - sourced from firms who sell their specialised services to other companies, usually on projects of several months’ duration, e.g. engineers, legal staff, salespeople, managers.
- Temps - hired from agencies to handle special projects, or to replace sick or vacationing staff for periods of a few days to several months.
2. Viewpoint
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
3. It's a fact
Temps are not put on your payroll. Your company pays the temp agency a fee for each employee, and the agency pays the workers. Although this fee is higher than the amount you would pay a regular employee, it is cost effective because you pay no benefits to temps and you also eliminate the high cost of recruiting for a short duration job. …
