On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Jason Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > Having worked for, and having talked with the owners of sub-contracted > companies of Novell, I've found this to be precisely the case. The > owner of the business formerly known as "Xponential" told me that is > exactly what happened to him. He was laid off from Novell, and told > his position was being outsourced to an outside company. He was then > told he could re-apply for the new position if he fit the bill - so he > was laid off, formed a company, and was re-hired to do exactly the > same thing, having filled the "outsourced" position himself. > > Seemed a bit strange to me. >
Saves them unemployment taxes and benefits premiums by contracting it out. That'd be my guess. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
