Good answer, but allow me to convey personal experiences from being a 'contractor' inside an 'agency.' As a young adult:  - Pretend you lost a big opportunity for the company (all faked to being with)  - Pretend you are in a bad mood (employees, for no reason, start asking you "what is wrong, are you ok, you look sad")  - Pretend you are up for a promotion or opportunity, but then inform you the weakest employee actually got it  - Pretend you are up for a promotion and then make you train the person you are replacing, only to say that the person is staying and you will remain in your current 'state'*  - Screw with your computer remotely and then blame you  - Insist you are always at every happy hour (controlled movement)  - Insist you get closer to employee 'X' as they might need help  - Then employee 'X' reports you for harassment (they blame your methods) It does not take much to break someone, even a strong person. So called 'believers' are their first choice. Contractors without religion are given a different set of procedures and fakery. *State of mind is their game, IIED (Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress is the legal term)