[central_va]

All of these body shops Deloitte, Accenture etc. bill out at $200/hour and pay the person doing the work $30-$40/hour. Do the math.

[Txngal]

Of course. That's how they make their money. But the pay they dish out to their contract workers are still a lot more than what they would make at a single employer. For example: My employer, sadly, pays some of their new sysadmins barely 30k a year. However, a lot of people just want stability. Nothing wrong with that in uncertain financial times.

Of course, an amount is agreed upon at hire but the sentiment is, why hold out for more when I can take a job when no other offers are available. Some of us choose to not be a burden on society. At least I know that was my thinking when I got hired. My main thing is, with contract work, I'd be out of work every 3 months, 6 months or a year. As someone that likes to pay their bills, I take comfort in knowing that pending a major screw up on my part, I'll still have my job.