On 3/16/2021 11:17 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:31:04 -0700, Leo >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2021 Mar 15, , jmcquown wrote
>> (in article >):
>>
>>> Even setting aside that particular term, he's a temp worker who gets
>>> short-term jobs through an agency.
>>
>> I "think" that Christine Dabney was in that category.
>>
>> leo
>
You're close, Leo. The difference is hers were long-term (IIRC 6 months
at least) assignments. She specializes in Neonatal Care in a
*hospital* setting. Some of those assignments sent her all over the
country. I met Christine years ago when I still lived in west
Tennessee. She was driving from California to Virginia for a long-term
assignment. I'm pretty sure her contract included a housing allowance
and per-diem for travel expenses. Her car was packed full of cookbooks
and cookware.

> Many years ago I did that too, engineering companies hired people to
> work for them at various trades. That's how I came to work at
> Lockheed on the SST. Lockheed and Boeing were after the contract but
> in the end France got the 'gig'. At that time that employment was not
> called gigs, was refered to as jobshoppers. We were paid nearly three
> times Lockheed's normal rate but with no benefits. I remember my
> first take home pay for 40 hours was a check for $444... good money
> for 1965... and I opted for the graveyard shift, midnight to 6 AM but
> was paid for 8 hours... in fact we stopped work at 5:30 and spent a
> half hour cleaning the machines and sweeping the shop floors.
>
Terminology changes over the years, Sheldon. Kuthe is only getting
short-term gigs, no matter what you call it.

Jill