In message , at 09:13:15 on Thu, 9 Jun 2016,
tim... remarked:
And if you do things like lay off 100 agency IT contractors, who does
that work? Presumably it's too difficult to recruit permanent
replacements, even

if - and we don't know this.

that's a category exempt from the hiring freeze.

at a saving of 20K each presumably they aren't going to be laid off,
but (presumably) presented with "employment" contracts.

Why wouldn't they decide to work for someone else who *is* prepared to
pay the extra? (Or they have philosophical objections to being an
employee).
--
Roland Perry