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To be clear, I hope that anyone who is a contractor and wants to be an employee has the opportunity to be an employee, either for that company or some other com
by JoshTriplett 3y ago
To be clear, I hope that anyone who is a contractor and wants to be an employee has the opportunity to be an employee, either for that company or some other company. And, employee or contractor, I'd like to see everyone treated well, and I wish there weren't legal restrictions that prevented companies from doing that.
What I don't want to see is contractors who are happy being contractors being forced to become employees, as a side effect of trying to help contractors who do want to be employees. Let's not throw out the entire concept of contracting, please.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoThe concept of Contracting is dead in California and has been for 20 years. State law and unfortunate court rulings mean that the only realistic way to “contract“ is as a w-2 employee of a business to business Job Shops that skim 50% off the top. I always wanted to be a contractor, but it made me sick to watch my Job Shop make $100 per hour off work for being a legal middle-man
- lokar 3y agoYou mean in tech? I have a contractor coming over to install something in my house next week. Totally normal and legal.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoMostly in tech, That person likely isnt a contractor, but either small businesses or an employee of one, selling a service. If they were an independent contractor working for you, you would be giving them a 1099. I know musicians who now have to deal with 100+ W-2s each year for each performance and gig they played because it is illegal for them to be hired as a contractor. If a community symphony wants to hire a violinist for 2 hours, they have to document them as an employee, file employee taxes, track sick pay, ect. It is brutal on both ends.