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Are you a contractor, or are you an employee of a contracting firm? I've been both, and it is a meaningful distinction.

• AmericanChopper 7y ago
  I’ve been both a contractor directly for companies, and contracted through contracting companies (being an employee for a contracting company is usually called being a consultant, which I’ve also been). In either case I would not assume that I could arbitrarily sub-contract my work out to others.
  • floatingatoll 7y ago
    The ability to subcontract is one of many tests for whether you are an independent contractor or not.
    • AmericanChopper 7y ago
      In which jurisdiction? How many tests are there? How many do you have to pass? It’s a pretty ridiculous assertion to claim that you must be able to sub-contract to be a contractor, and I’d be surprised if there was even one jurisdiction in the world where that was true. It would mean you could never screen contractors.