All these "mass recruiters" do this. The first symptom will be a few fresh faces in training sessions who aren't billed to your project. Then systematically t

All these "mass recruiters" do this. The first symptom will be a few fresh faces in training sessions who aren't billed to your project. Then systematically the experienced engineers will be pulled off your project (and dangled in front of a new client), while being replaced with the new chaps. Who are now billed, of course, at the full rate. Within a few weeks they'll replace every guy with new hires. But try explaining this to the bean counters. I can't believe they're still getting away with these stunts. I first saw it in 1999.