Alex writes: alex wrightUnion card? Free agency should be a good thing for everyone: it's a classic market efficiency; and as contractors circulate between companies, they promote knowledge-sharing and help spread best practices.

Oddly I've been thinking that the last thing I want to do is return to working for someone else full time. It doesn't seem to be in my best interests over the long term (though would be in the short term!). While everything is geared towards people working for organizations, organizations have ceased to be good places for people to work. Whether it's Enron, IBM, MCI, or healthcare, government, etc, the focus on running an organization "efficiently" has swamped the need to be a good place to work.