Isn't there some legal nonsense (at least in the states, and I use the word "nonsense" in the sense that I'm legally clueless, not that it might exist for a nonsensical reason...) that a contractor can only be hired at a given company without fulltime status for a certain period of time?

So pedantically speaking, doesn't that make all contractors temps?

Also aren't many fulltime employees hired to be a do-er of something? And many live as the contractor, doing solely the minimal required by the terms of their employment? And other fulltimers are hired for their expertise.

--Ray

PS. Hrm. I guess I consider myself a full-time Consultant at my current job... of course my boss probably considers me a fulltime temp. :-)

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