<prompt> Human: Hello! I hope I am posting this in the right sub. I have worked at this company for about 6 months, and I am held in high regard by upper management who tell me the only reason I havent been hired in yet is because HR employees have been transferred to other facilities--so the process has been slowed.Related This week, were told that our hours were going to be drastically different as of December 18th. My classes begin after the first of the year, and these hours will not accommodate this. I spoke to the manager who said he understood everyone was upset and he was going to fight it, so dont do anything drastic. Keep in mind he is not high enough in management to know about the temp agency payment issue, but the discussion caused me to be proactive.I called the temp agency and told them that I was interested in taking tests for a potential position at another company. I was called back and the woman explained that this company has not paid her for the employees she has sent them, and has broken their contract by using other temp agencies. She told me that she was going to call me today, and the other temps and tell them not to report to work anymore. I am due back to work Sunday night. The way she described it, if they do not pay the agency some 3 months of invoices, that I would no longer have a job. Now, do I have an obligation to her and this temp agency? Am I allowed to speak to the manager about what is about to happen, and convince them to bring me on as a permanent employee? Or somewhere along in the process, I signed paperwork saying that I was not allowed a full-time position in these circumstances? Please, any help would be greatly appreciated. I am located in Michigan if that helps at all.  <response>: You really need to read the agreements you signed with the temp agency to see if you have anything that prohibits you from working for a client. Regardless, Im not sure its a great idea to want a job at this company. By your description, theyve been stiffing you guys for months. The only reason you got paid is because the temp agency went out of pocket to make sure that you got paid even though the client hasnt given them any money. Im sure the manager you work with is a nice guy, but the rest of the company comes across as pretty dishonest and slimy here. If they tried to rip you off as a temp, Im not sure that they would treat you any better either as an employee or an independent contractor without the temp agency. Either they are strapped for cash, in which case they probably wont hire anyone HR excuse aside or they are just a really unethical company.That being said, its definitely worth looking into, but Id advise you to have a Plan B and a Plan C just because this isnt a reliable situation. 