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Don't fall for that. If the company wants to see if you are a good fit before hiring you they should hire you as a contractor and pay a good hourly rate. Which
by menloparkbum 18y ago
Don't fall for that. If the company wants to see if you are a good fit before hiring you they should hire you as a contractor and pay a good hourly rate. Which from my experience in the Bay Area is at least 75 bucks an hour for 40 hours a week.
- tptacek 18y agoThis "try before you buy" contractor meme is awful. 1099s are responsible for their own payroll taxes and their own health insurance. If a company suggested that I relocate for the opportunity to consult with them, I'd hang up the phone. It's insulting.
- tptacek 18y ago(Obviously, I mean, as a half-measure before extending a full-time offer. If a company suggested that Matasano consult for them, we'd thank them and then make it happen.)
- tmarman 18y agoThe consultant/contractor would likely be to avoid payroll taxes/withholding/processing fees with TriNet etc - not to avoid giving equity. (And, technically, it's illegal to "pretend" someone is a contractor when they're not - but that's a separate issue :) Remember, this is all at-will employment - either of you can end the relationship at any time. This is where an equity grant/option with cliff vesting comes in. 4 yrs with a 1yr cliff is fairly standard... In other words, if you get fired or leave before 1 yr, you don't get that equity/option and it reverts to the company.