OT: Contracting companies

[Steve]

I was treated very fair by Metro Is.  I was hired out of Sacramento, CA 
and they paid for most of my relocation expences.  When the Blood 
letting happened to most of the contractor force at AMEX in May, I was 
put on the bench and recieved my entire pay for 4 weeks (in additon to 
the 2 weeks in arrears, for a total of 6 weeks pay).  Since then,  They 
have been keeping in touch, although they have not had any luck in 
placing me.  They still allow me to use there training services (CBT's 
and online).

Metro has just announced that they have been aquired by Keen.  We had a 
meeting last night that put all of us in beter spirits.  Keen appears to 
be very compatible with Metro, but then, time will tell.


Tek Systems is one to stay away from.  they really do treat you like a 
number and have all sorts of problems.  (I have seen pay disputes, 
broken contracts, etc)  although they do supply donuts every payday  :)

Steve Phariss

John Starta wrote:

> Does anybody have experience (good or bad) with any of the contracting 
> companies in town? I'm looking for information from the perspective of 
> the contractor (worker bee). I'm currently looking for a contract and 
> have spoken to couple companies so far (Metro Information Services, 
> Atlantis Partners, etc.) but haven't really gotten a warm fuzzy.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on the subject?
>
> jas
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