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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:19 PM Original message |
How is being hired as a consultant better than being hired full-time permanent? |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. shouldn't you be able to name your own price as a consultant? |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. But don't I have to take care of health and taxes my self? |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. haha those owls are pretty popular here |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Misclassification of workers is rampant, and it's WRONG. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. My dear leeroysphitz... |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. you get to pay your own taxes? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. As a consultant you take on more than one client at a time. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's the trade-off |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. No one I know (including myself) who was laid off in the last year got any advance |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well, I'm a freelance designer who used to work full-time at one company. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. Glass half empty. glass half full |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. consultants should charge at least 40% more than an employee |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That's what I always thought. The company benefits more than I do in my particular circumstances. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. I see parts of the econ turning round but some firms aren't *jumping* back in... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
15. A consultant usually makes more on a per hour basis.... but |
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