1. One disadvantage of doing a temp to perm is that the permanent employees that are already established in the company may look at the temps badly. It may be hard to build teams within the workplace and they could view the temps as threats in taking their jobs or promotions. Another disadvantage is that the temp may not be as committed either because they liked being a temp or they are not treated with respect by other employees. Another disadvantage is relying on the temp agency screening. The temp agency is supposed to weed out the problem employees, but they may not have.

2. One advantage of being a job seeker and taking a temp to perm position is that you could have a permanent job and steady income. Taking a temp job could get your foot in the door and the company may want to hire you permanently which then would be a steady paycheck. Another advantage would be that you could be promoted and move higher up in the business. One disadvantage would be that the other employees may feel threatened by you and not respect you. They may see that you are more motivated and could potentially be promoted before them. Another disadvantage is that you could be over qualified and be underpaid. The circumstances to which people are more likely to take a temp to perm position is if they see potential growth in their position in the company. They are more likely to be offered the position if they are a hard working reliable employee.

3. One challenge a manager may face who manages both temporary and permanent employees is that the temporary employee may be more motivated seeming how they are new to the company. Another challenge would be that the permanent employees may not respect the temporary employees. Also, the manager may have to work and train the temporary employees. The one challenge that would change if the temp to perm were just temporary would be that