Depends on how bad it is for, I got hired once with a 6 month temp to perm contract. Between 5.5 and 6.5 months you got called into the boss's office and either given an offer letter or were let go. No extensions no re-signing. Not the best but not horrible. Later it was changed to up to 3 years of contractor at which point you needed to be "let go" for 6 weeks and then maybe be offered another contract. That's some bullshit.