Hey, no need to pay them decent wages. The lie has been updated, but hasn t changed significantly. It would seem that naked economic need is not what temporary work is about. So start earning bonus points today. I have never seen an ad for a permanent job that offered this sort of carrot.
Temporary labor is advertised to potential workers as flexible employment.
Henson shows that it is indeed quite flexible, but entirely at the expense of the temporary worker. Exercising flexible scheduling can mean working far less than one needs to make ends meet. For many years it provided coverage for absent regular employees, sudden work overloads and the like. The temp industry still does that, but it has taken on a more malignant function. Wall Street investors demand more profit every quarter.