3rd December 2011, 03:38 PM
I've known people in the past (actually, thinking about it, including myself) who've hung around units for far too long on the off-chance of work turning up, rather than moving on to 'proper' jobs - it's rarely turned out well.... Rather refreshingly my current employers have always had the unwritten policy of encouraging (or at least not objecting to) even the more valued end of the regular workforce taking definite jobs elsewhere if they come up rather than waiting for our clients to stop p**sing about and come up with signed contracts and start dates, they'd rather people were making a living even if its not for us - sadly I suspect that's quite an unusual stance to take