Comments by "Sean" (@sean2015) on "Permanently Temporary: The Truth About Temp Labor (Full Length)" video.

Just as bad is subcontracting . I once worked for a large insurance company for what was promised as temp-to-perm. After one year of temping I did get hired full-time and I got benefits, but I was told that I would be working for a subcontractor. I left that job after eight months; I was sick of being treated as an "outsider". Companies may think they're saving money but fact is, if you don't treat your workers properly you're gonna have decreased productivity combined with higher turnover, and that will eat into your profits.
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@runeification I never tried to say that the USA was the land of milk and honey. All I said was that Belgium is hardly the place to find decent work either. They have greater than 7% unemployment, and three-quarters of the Belgian labor force works in the service industry, which is the lowest-paid sector of the economy.
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and what is so good about Belgium? There are no jobs there either!
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@karenhargis3682 Belgium is not the Shangri-La he is making it out to be. They have plenty of problems of their own.
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@countessratzass5408 sorry to hear that. However your situation sounds much different than what I went through. It sounds like you were based off-site and were hired to do some type of work for the hotel on a temporary basis while still maintaining your autonomy as a contractor. I guess I would need more information about what exactly you did and to what extent the hotel had a say over your daily responsibilities. My issue was that I felt like an outsider. I worked full-time M-F in an office with about 100 employees, and I was the only one who was not actually employed by that company. Isn't it ironic how employers always talk about how they want someone who is a "team player" and yet this particular company didn't even want me as part of their team? The irony was truly lost on them.
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@countessratzass5408 don't know much about Memphis other than FedEx is headquartered there. And no state income tax. High crime down there, no? Countess, after I worked as a subcontractor I was briefly self-employed. So I got to know a little bit about the various business structures and tax laws. Not only is what these businesses do unethical, it's possibly illegal as well. The IRS is VERY strict about businesses who intentionally misclassify employees as independent contractors (for the purpose of avoiding payroll taxes). But if you classify someone as a contractor, as a business you automatically forfeit authority over their daily work routine. Businesses want it both ways. I was working in their office under their schedule and using their equipment, etc., and they had me as a subcontractor. This was a real legal gray area.
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@jacobmiller2454 baloney. Employers do not care about your "work ethic", they only care about results, and profit $$$. Employee loyalty (in terms of good attendance, years of service, etc.,) also does not matter to them. Every employee is expendable.
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@countessratzass5408 I can't say for sure whether or not this was illegal (I'm not a lawyer and would have to ask one). But I will say it's questionable not to mention highly unusual. In my 25 years as a member of the workforce, I've never seen this type of thing. Imagine if you were to go into a Walmart and the cashier tells you that Walmart has outsourced their entire cashiering department to XYZ Corporation, and the employee tells you she is an employee of XYZ and not Walmart. As I understand it, generally speaking, the more "control" or "say" that a company has over someone who performs work or services for them, the more likely they are an employee and not a contractor . I was working as a receptionist for a large company. I had to work during hours when the office was open (8-4:30), which means they had control over my schedule. I sat at their front desk, used their computer, printer, phone, etc., and was even issued a company email address. At the time, I didn't question it because, for one thing I didn't know THEN what I know NOW -- and secondly, my wages were supposedly about equivalent to what I would've been receiving had I been an employee of the actual company. But, as I said, I resigned after a year because I was sick of being an "outsider". My thinking was, if you value my work so much but you won't actually hire me, then you can go and screw yourself. On top of that, they were gradually increasing my workload throughout that time. Who's going to want to continue working for that type of company when opportunities for transfers or promotions are non-existent? I'm sure Memphis' crime problems are over-exaggerated. I live in Chicago and I too get sick of hearing people ask me how I manage to dodge bullets on my way to work.
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@InnaVitamina777 there is no way that turnover can be "good" for any employer. There are costs associated with hiring and training replacements, and newer employees are less productive due to their lack of experience. And it goes without saying that longer-tenured employees are likely to feel a greater sense of loyalty to their employer. This means they are more likely to work harder and less likely to abuse sick time. What do you mean by "undocumented" employees? That entails a debate about illegal immigration which is a separate issue.
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@fry5544 ty
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@epictv8845 separate issue, but yeah
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@MrCooper89 no one "settles for mediocrity". People have to survive. You say it's people's own fault that they decided to have a family, yet you went ahead and got married yourself (...for the record, I'm single with no children). Also, regarding your Point #2...about HALF of all individuals receiving food stamps are actually employed. Kinda dispels the notion that welfare recipients are just lazy bums who sit on their butts all day doing nothing but making more kids that they can't afford. Well guess what, I work full-time and I'm on food stamps too. And I have a college degree, so don't you dare tell me that I'm "settling for mediocrity". I've done everything in my power to advance myself in life, like putting myself through college, and moving far away from my family to other states in pursuit of work, when the economy in my area went south. Funny how Republicans fight tooth and nail against minimum wage laws and then they turn around and complain when people have to rely on food stamps because their wages aren't enough to live off of.
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@crand20033 oh I've that happen to me as well. Many many times - but the worse was this one time when I went in at 8am, was sent home at 9am and was only paid for the one hour (temp agencies are exempt from legislation requiring a minimum of four hours of pay).
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@99999myk gosh if I had a nickel for every time I applied to the FDIC and came up empty. They would come to my campus saying they were "hiring aggressively", and well I applied aggressively and never heard back...I guess my skin color didn't help me (think: affirmative action).
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