Sorry to butt in here LL, but I work with a guy who's been in this type of position for five years. The perks are great and thus the reason he won't leave nor try to get a permanent position any place else. He IS told year after year different excuses, but contintues to stay with no job security. I don't quite understand it myself, for some reason he thinks he's going to become a permanent employee when I've seen other people with less seniority become permanent.
Maybe, just mabye KAW is seeing there is a possibility that some day/some how there is a possibility and if there is then he wants to be there when that happens.
CAW is living in a dream world, IMHO, she's living on possibilities, fantasy, hope, for something better that more than likely isn't going to be there.
KAW I would love to have a H like you as would a lot of us here and CAW just isn't realizing what is out there in the real world.