^^Yeah, something like that happened to a co-worker. She was getting to the end of her probationary period and they decided not to give her an indefinite contract. I know she got off to a rough start, but she seemed to think she had improved. I guess our boss didn't see it that way.

It was unfortunate, but I can kind of understand my boss's point of view too. When people start, she is really hands-on as far as training and really patient, but she can't baby people forever. She needs people to become more self-sufficient and proactive in doing their work, so if she doesn't seem that happening, it's probably not going to work out long-term.

I have freelanced a lot. Interestingly, I lost a job because the company decided to hire new permanent people and do away with the freelancers. At my current job things are going more towards in-office people too. I started out as freelance and there were quite a few of us. After about 3 months, an in-house position opened up and they asked me if I was interested. Now they are be phasing out the freelancers and bringing more work in-house. None of the current freelancers were offered an office position, even though they have hired more people. So I guess I did the right thing accepting the permanent position when I had the chance.