Fixed-term contract work provides these employees with both opportunities and challenges. Many of their contracts are fixed-purpose based or time-based to coincide with the completion of a specific task or an event. This often involves meeting deadlines by the employee on the one hand, while giving employers increased productivity through clearly identifiable targets or outputs on the other. The combination of job satisfaction for fixed-term employees and increased productivity for employers has, in many ways, changed the environment in the labour market in recent years.