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Originally Posted by 933127
Thank you for your response. However there is something that still troubles me the most. During my 5th week, two new temp to hires were brought in to do the same task as me. I was told there was a contracting project in New Jersey that the project manager felt was backed up and needed additional workers.
Then in my 6th week I was let go, while the two new ones stayed. Why would they let go of me when I was starting to "click" and keep two new ones who were still asking questions and learning the tasks for the exact same job I was doing?
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In the first place, the fact that a business hires a lot of temporaries is always a red flag. Why can't they hire someone permanent? Budget problem (as they said) could be the reason.
The two people they kept will probably be let go too, at some point. The more you learn at your job, the more than permanent workers might get uneasy that you will replace one of them, or replace one of their friends.
If your temp agency offers any kinds of benefits to you once you've worked for them for 90 days, they may (the temp agency) have decided to let you be the one to leave, so as to not have to start putting you on their benefits plan. I've seen this happen with temp agencies who offer benefits to their temps after 90 days. Very few temps ever wind up getting those benefits because they are let go from an assignment before the 90 days is up.
If I were you, I would look for perm only jobs. Or temp, but keep sending out resumes for perm jobs.