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Lifer
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He poor and jelly.
no one could possibly make more than our m3 driving friend here; 'cause you have to be a real man to do roids and cheat on your wife.
Do you even lift, brah?
He poor and jelly.
no one could possibly make more than our m3 driving friend here; 'cause you have to be a real man to do roids and cheat on your wife.
I'd love to see the 1099s on this bullshit.
Yeah I mean $80/hr is reasonable... when you're on 1099 you have to assume the person is paying for their own medical benefits, self employment tax, etc. It's just a bonus since he's already getting benefits through employer. The rate seems perfectly fine.
Exactly. I'm not doing it full time and I can go with that lower rate since I have Cadillac benefits from my day job. Plus, even an entry-level SharePoint resource will be $100+/hr from established IT firms in most areas, so I come in pretty cheap.
I was offered a 1 year contract with some partially subsidized benefits and they didn't blink when I threw out $70/hr as compensation, which leads me to think I probably could've asked for more.
What exactly do you do with Sharepoint? Recently went to a SharePoint 2010 for power users/Site collection Administrators but my job wont let me do 90% of the stuff they taught in class (no rights).
Yeah I mean $80/hr is reasonable... when you're on 1099 you have to assume the person is paying for their own medical benefits, self employment tax, etc. It's just a bonus since he's already getting benefits through employer. The rate seems perfectly fine.
Do you even lift, brah?
Just him getting out of bed is weight lifting...
Guess you don't want to work in IT. Almost every IT job is contract->hire.not interested in contract jobs.
Guess you don't want to work in IT. Almost every IT job is contract->hire.
It's a try before you buy atmosphere with employers, very few jobs are actual contract temp jobs even if they say they are. Employers will generally find a spot for good contractors.
I have worked many jobs ranging from 50 employee companies to 5000+, all did it the way I posted at all levels of IT jobs (tier 1 help desk->sr. admin/programmers). While mostly immune, even some managers/execs are handled this way too.Depends on the company. My company will take years or more before they hire a contractor full time. One girl I know is a great developer worked for us 3 years before they made her a full time employee. She's better than some full time employees too. They go the other route, intern to full time much faster than contractor to full time cycle.
Smaller companies you are right though they want to try you out for a few months first.
People shouldn't be afraid of the contract to hire situation. Salaried employment is over rated in my opinion. The benefits really aren't worth that much monetarily once you are above the general economy's mid levels of compensation. And you can still be fired and laid off if you are a full time employee. The only big difference is that as a contractor, you will be fired immediately if a recession rolls around. That's the real risk you take.If you want to work in IT, you must accept the fact going in as a contractor is by far your most likely avenue to full time employment.
People shouldn't be afraid of the contract to hire situation. Salaried employment is over rated in my opinion. The benefits really aren't worth that much monetarily once you are above the general economy's mid levels of compensation. And you can still be fired and laid off if you are a full time employee. The only big difference is that as a contractor, you will be fired immediately if a recession rolls around. That's the real risk you take.
People shouldn't be afraid of the contract to hire situation. Salaried employment is over rated in my opinion. The benefits really aren't worth that much monetarily once you are above the general economy's mid levels of compensation. And you can still be fired and laid off if you are a full time employee. The only big difference is that as a contractor, you will be fired immediately if a recession rolls around. That's the real risk you take.
The one kinda annoying thing about being a temp is that you aren't really part of the company. No employee perks, discounts, not even a real name badge! I know its mostly meaningless but it was nice to actually be part of 'the family' at my last job.