Contractor vs Employee Pay: Was something else

[Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

--- Amanda_Abelove -at- toyota -dot- com wrote:

I've been contracting for almost 10 years.  A lot of
people just don't like you because you get .... better
pay and.... 

Tony Markos responds:

This may be true in some situations, but in the
majority of circumstances it is not.  The on-line
Contactor's Handbook does a very rigorous job of
comparing, money-wise, contractor vs employee.  

The author says that, while many (I would say most)
contractors think they make more money than regular
employees, in reality, when you look at everything -
paid vacation, loss of income between assignments,
paid holidays, etc., etc., the majority of contractors
who think they make more money actually make a lot
less than regular employees.

The author states, in summary: Unless one is a truely
independent consultant (i.e., no agency gets you the
job - you are 1099), it is next to impossible to get
anywhere near the true compensation of a regular
employee.



		
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