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Subject:Re: contractor rate From:eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:33:18 -0400
bounce-techwr-l-106467 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com wrote on 09/03/2004 11:15:41 AM:
> I honestly didn't think this was as gray a subject as some are making
> it out to be. If you're not an employee (either full or part time),
> then you are a business partner.
It certainly IS a grey area. As a FTE you work for a company and that
company works for the client.
As a contractor, you work for yourself, as a company that works for their
client.
Clear as mud?
I'd argue that a contractor is by no means any type of partner. If I hire
a painter or plumber, they work for me. They certainly are not my
partners. In a partnership both parties are responsible for the delivery
of a product or service to a third party.
But then again, we live in an age where it's acceptable to call sales
clerks "associates". :rolleyes:
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