[LA.pm] advice about contracting

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Leader <jleader at alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

Jeremy> I'd guess that means you're a W-2 employee of a contracting
Jeremy> company who's hiring you out to a company that needs work done
Jeremy> but doesn't want to hire an employee. In theory, when the work
Jeremy> runs out the contracting company should try to find another
Jeremy> contract for you. In practice it can be the worst of both
Jeremy> worlds; you've got the uncertainty of contracting, but with the
Jeremy> contracting company taking a (sometimes sizeable) chunk of your
Jeremy> fee. If they're providing decent benefits it might make sense.

Exactly.

And if your contract "runs out", the company who is W-2'ing you better
f'ing provide unemployment, or there are a lot of laws broken.

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