At 14:11 -0500 2003-03-22, David Kaufman wrote: > >but i wasn't. i was looking for a salaried job. and just hoping to find >one at around at least 2/3 of my former salary (with the economy swirling so
But this _wasn't_ a "salaried job. It was a stated contract at a known length of 4 months with the spectre of "indefinitely" floating over it. That's very different. You obviously don't live in California :/ Here, the State declared that anyone working fulltime onsite had to be an employee of _somebody_. So a bunch of body shops, aka "technical resources organizations" have sprung up to handle the paper work, issue W2s, deduct taxes, and "after you've been with us for at least 4 months" offer mediocre medical/dental policies for which the contr^Wemployee pays most. Even then, most companies refuse to keep contractors onboard for very long, afraid they will become "entrenched". Apple used to allow 18 month contracts; that was back before the State got snooty; I don't think the length is over 6 months these days. My contract at BGI ran 3 months; required upper management approval to go to 6 months. We both would have liked to have me stay longer but it wasn't permitted by HR. The good news about the W2 thing is: taxes deducted, no surprises, no SE tax, and the chance of unemployment insurance. The bad side is no schedule C deductions and the jobs are just as short; the time between contracts just as long. Everyone's situation is different and I certainly understand both 20-20 hindsight and regret for things that can't be changed. Just don't confuse "4 months and we hope it goes longer" with a fulltime salaried job and never confuse either with permanency or security... part of the reason to try and get as much income as possible (i.e. the best rate/salary you can negotiate) is that you need to try to build up some savings against the next dry period. -- - Vicki Vicki Brown ZZZ Journeyman Sourceror: P.O. Box 1269 zz |\ _,,,---,,_ Scripts & Philtres San Bruno, CA zz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Perl, Unix, MacOS 94066 USA |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] '---''(_/--' `-'\_) http://www.cfcl.com/~vlb
