DannyCoyles Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi Wanting to know if anyone else has experienced the same as us. My wife is working for a high profile communications company as a Project Assistant and has been doing so for the 2.5 years we have been in Australia. Originally it was for 1 year and we decided that after this she would look for a permanent position. However she has never moved on as there is the possibility of a permanent position. Problem is that the head count is controlled by the US, despite the highest person in the Melbourne office requesting that the role is made permenant. Current projects are guarnteed for the next 7-10 years and more are signed every year so the business is more secure than a lot of others. She is treated as a permenant member of staff, they got someone to cover her maternity leave rather than just ending her empoyment and taking on another contractor. Even though the agency offically ended her contract she was allowed to keep her office access pass and laptop etc. She has requested a significant pay rise or permenant position before returning from maternity leave and will probably just get the pay rise. Has anyone else found that companies are willing to use contract staff for over 10 years, paying an inflated hourly rate plus a load of money to the agency each week. Just seems crazy to me that companies are run this way. Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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