I've been in business for myself for 14+ years. Have always paid for my own health insurance, it can be had for pretty cheap, got full coverage with a $5k annual deductible for $280 per month for a family of 6. Adjust your hourly rates accordingly if that seems high.
I for one don't want anyone else in charge of my health care or anything else important to me such as my 401k plan. Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Vicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:07 AM > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > Subject: Re: What Cold Fusion Job boards are there? > > Agreed on just about everything but the health insurance. Full-time > telecommuters still often require full benefits with regard to health > insurance, 401k, etc. True, you still save money on the overhead. I > happen to be on my husband's insurance, but many are still the sole > providers. > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Phillip M. Vector < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I know I've got a major bias here, but I'll say it anyway. > > > > > carl starm wrote: > > > Our preference is for someone to work at our location in NYC. > > > > Carl, there are several good people out there that you are bypassing > > because you are wanting someone in NYC. Did you consider the > following? > > > > 1) A remote location person can be as connected with your team > (perhaps > > more so) then someone on site via IM, email, video conferencing, etc. > > 2) By not asking them to take transportation every day to work, you > are > > helping the planet (Ok, perhaps you aren't interested in being green, > > but perhaps you are). > > 3) This one is usually the one that grabs peoples attention. Hiring a > > telecommuting person not only means that you have more people to > select > > from, but it may be CHEAPER... Consider the cost of living in NYC. > It's > > pretty high. Now compare that to the cost of living in (let's say) > > Montana. I would presume that it's much less. It would probably cost > > less to hire a programmer there. Not only that, but you don't need to > > provide space in the office, a computer, worry about lunch breaks, > > health insurance, etc. > > > > Seriously. Unless you have something you are working on for the > > government that requires top secret clearance, then you should > seriously > > consider telecommuting. Heck, I wouldn't mind the job, but I also > need > > to be at home at this stage of my life, so you are missing out on > (what > > I consider) a pretty kick ass CF developer. :) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
