Many adjunct college faculty will labor for years at the same campuses and never be employed full-time. In fact, it seems to lower their chances of ever being hired at a certain place if they stay there for very long. But that’s not quite the same thing as a company, I suppose.
I’ve worked temp jobs for two years now and the situation with the economy being such as it is, is different.
The finder’s fee is a huge drawback. Temp jobs are those that need filling fast so a temp will be OK till they can hire someone. I’ve actually trained people at a temp job I was doing and they didn’t hire me.
I have a disadvantage as I’m overqualified for every temp job I go on, so the companies don’t want to hire me, as they know I’d be out the door if this economy every recovers.
So it varies a lot. But the finder’s fee is definately a huge disadvantage as with so many people out of work now, it’s just as easy to pull in a temp and then take your time looking for another to replace the temp without having to pay the fee.
But even the temp jobs are not what they used to be. I used to be always able to pull in extra work, now there are sometimes only one or two days a month I can find anything. People can make do in times like these