Temps Becoming Less Temporary
While the rapid growth of temporary jobs in 2010 hasn’t been matched by growth in 2011, there are still 2 million temporary workers on payrolls nationwide, the Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Ind., says.
That’s compared with 2.6 million temps in 2006, at the height of the last economic boom.
So temps are clearly very popular in this recession. And why not? They typically cost less and don’t get severance if they don’t work out or if the economy tanks again.
Employers are keeping temps for longer than usual, too, the Journal Gazette says.
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