Absolutely - I did my best business during and after the big 2008 meltdown -companies threw out the good with the bad in order to save money (on payroll) and then realized they still needed stuff done - but many departments in many companies weren't (yet) allowed to start hiring back FT employees - it was a golden opp. for consultants, especially if you didn't charge obscene rates (good rates, just not obscene), i.e. rates high enough to make real money, but not so high they needed special approval by several layers of management.