Temping

[Max Sawicky]

>
>Interesting. Lefitsh writers & agitators make a lot about how awful temp
>work is, but the BLS surveys show about half of contingent workers don't
>want noncontingent work, and then there's what James Baird says here. Is
>the problem with temp work its tempness or the lack of benefits?

In a past life I temped in NYC, doing typesetting
and "word processing," before PC's came on the
scene.

You could work off the books, gouge employers
since there was a shortage of skilled operatives,
and feel rich.  I had an apartment in WAshington
Heights with a view of the GWB for less than $200
a month.

But I was under 30 then and had a technical
skill.  I think a lot of the
ease of this is an age thing.  You have fewer
financial pressures and requirements while
young(er).  Also, at that state in a person's
life, some families are a more secure safety
net, whereas later on something could befall
them and eliminate any such financial cushion.

I do have a geezer my age who 'temped' until
recently as a systems
analyst and made six figures without sweating, but
there can't be too many folks like this.

MBS