tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3727780197806903076..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Tales From the Over Regulated State # 20 - Concierge Bureaucracy ManagmentSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-84630578869963491562016-03-12T14:04:50.000-05:002016-03-12T14:04:50.000-05:00I forgot to mention that the place I just retired ...I forgot to mention that the place I just retired from is the same way. The majority of people are hired through a temporary agency (POE as they say in this piece). The temp agency is the employer, and the company evaluates them as potential employees. If they like the person, they make an offer. It has been that way for a long time, maybe even 10 years. I think the only exceptions are higher pay range salaried employees.<br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-80245579521311772982016-03-12T13:41:44.578-05:002016-03-12T13:41:44.578-05:00The outfit I work for goes through a hiring agency...The outfit I work for goes through a hiring agency that is much like what you described above. They specialize in placing people with professional experience in certain job descriptions.<br /><br />You can be employed by the placement agency while working for such and such a company for years if the company does not want to outright hire you.<br />The placement agency is your actual employer and pays medical benefits, vacation and your hourly wage.<br />It took 11 months for the outfit I work for to actually hire me and that is not uncommon anymore. That was 4 years ago now so this is not a new phenomenon, it has just blossomed now because of the conditions you described above.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.com