You guys are attorneys. That means Creme of the crop and destined to make money and a difference. I don’t buy the whoa is me attitude for attorneys. Temps get paid different amounts because the agency calls up and says, Will you take the job for 50 dollars an hour?” You either say yes or no. If you say no you may counter. If you are making more or less than the person next to you that really is life. It really is not the agencies responsability to wait until they find the top dollar to be paid and then match that with everyone else.

If you really want to know, this is what happens. They get the project and are told they can bill 75 an hour for example. The companies policy is to do an autmoatic markup of 65%. They start with that and get most of the people at the one rate. Then based on the fact that there is a labor shortage they have to pay others more to do the same job. This is not anything to blog about. It is really just duh….

I am sure you get laid a lot. But the tone of this blog is me against the man and the man is the agency. I come down harsh on you because you have options. You can work for this agency or you can go work for someone else. You would never hear me or most other people complain about who they work for in such a manner. If I didn’t like them I would quit in a heart beat. We are in the best job market in 100 years. I want to see you blog about how great your job is and how much money you are making becasue you love going to work.

but yes, sorry for coming across as such a jerk in prior blogs.

I really do not know the purpose of your macho posturing on this board. You sound like a insecure guy on his third drink at a bar with his buddies getting loud on a subject he has limited knowledge on. I, for one, enjoy this board and the blogger’s insight into the market. Like the women who have the misfortune of sitting near you while you wave your glass of beer around, loudly talking, it is a big turn-off.

Keep up the good work, Mr. Blog!

“Step up dude, quit complaining and make it happen instead of making excuses why agencies bring you down”. I’m sorry, but I don’t think the blogger came off as being a complainer. If anything, he’s just giving his personal take on how these agencies operate. Sure supply and demand issues take place in the contract world, but there are other factors that explain why some people get more call backs than others.

“Agencies are supply and demand. At times you are not in demand. Sorry you do not get them to call you back. Same with chicks, sometimes they just do not want to call you back to tell you no…” - It’s quite apparent that you’ve been scarred by women in the past. Sorry to hear that you’re not that great in the dating department. But, you know, it doesn’t surprise me one bit.

“I don’t think you are getting laid because you come across as a pathetic loser.” - Um…all I can do is laugh at this pathetic comment. I mean, seriously who’s the real loser in all this, John?

“Take that to heart and do not let others see your weaknesses.” - Ah…famous words to live by, don’t you think, John?

I personally do quite well thank you.

Agencies are supply and demand. At times you are not in demand. Sorry you do not get them to call you back. Same with chicks, sometimes they just do not want to call you back to tell you no…

Actually, a lot of the temp recruiters that I’ve dealt with will call you up before submitting your resume. They’ll say something like “I’m about to send your resume to . Is that okay with you?” And they’ll wait until you okay it. At the same time, they’ll ask you if any other temp agency has already called you about working at that law firm, meaning they’ll figure out if another temp agency has already submitted you. If yes, then the second agency won’t submit you.

As for the meat of the entry, my limited interaction with Kelly has been pretty good. I’ve worked for them once. The fact that they do a lot of permanent placement is actually something I like about them. I’m hoping that if I get a good rep on the temp side, it might help me out on the perm side somewhere down the line. Maybe that’s a pipe dream.

As a reverse scenario from what this entry is about, I’ve found that there are some agencies that perhaps do too much contacting. There have been a couple I’ve dealt with that will give updates as to what they think is in the pipeline. They’ll say something like “We don’t know for sure yet, but we’re very hopeful that next week we’ll be getting XYZ project and we wanted to get a rough idea of how many of you are free.” Invariably, the project goes elsewhere, usually to another city. (or so they say) I like the updates, but still, it’s depressing when it turns out the project won’t happen.

As for the website name change, unfortunately, someone’s already swiped that other domain name. I plan on doing contract work for a long while but I figure if I ever have a monumental change of plan, I can always use the same domain name and write about “real attorney issues” here, whatever that may be exactly.