If I recall correctly, he was on a contract. But then a month or two back he was bragging about a couple of interviews for permanent roles for more money or some such, for which he clearly shaved his head (revealing himself a bit later with a post about beating follicle tests)
Perhaps he struck out there, hence the aversion to being Cable Guy now and their testing ...this all needs clarification whereby bhank painfully skirts around the truth with his comments and the conspicuous subtle omissions in his responses indicate where the actual truth lies