It's also a moronic move by out-of-touch executives. I saw a stark example with a QA team that was almost entirely temps. The team was at least 2-3x as big as i

It's also a moronic move by out-of-touch executives. I saw a stark example with a QA team that was almost entirely temps. The team was at least 2-3x as big as it needed to be because these stupid 6-12 month stints resulted in a continuous stream of new hires who had to be trained from scratch and were completely unmotivated. Then one day an edict came down from on high that resulted in the sudden termination of several relatively effective temps partway through their programmed stint. The excuse? "Development is slowing down for a while, we don't need as many." I literally said "What the fuck?! We're spinning UP!". A couple weeks later they were scrambling to fill the positions again.