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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It is known that age only plays a factor because the more years you have worked for a company the more expensive an employee is because of their salary, overtime, and other perks/benefits that are considered in the overall compensation package (401k matching, retirement, etc). I’m sure they have received a lot of resumes.

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Bored to Tears at Work - Help!

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It also looks bad on one’s resume. Case in point, I worked for a short time at a social networking website.) I also thought about money, salary negotiation, and how I was spending my time. And I had to debate with myself if it was worth staying in a job that was pretty great, but not amazing. You can’t replace people as easily.