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Subject:Re: Client Wants to Charge for Use of Equipment! From:gloria <gmedcalf -at- PRAIRIE -dot- LAKES -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 1 Jul 1997 10:00:04 -0600
> > Anyway, she's at the same place as before. Now, however, the
> bean
> > counters have presented her with a hard-ball attitude (vis a vis
>
> > contract): They want to charge her for rental of their
> equipment,
> > space, telephone, software, etc. Meanwhile, they are requiring
> that
> > she use their equipment (she can't use her own) and that she
> work on
> > site (can't telecommute).
Are you sure this is a bean-counter attitude? Or is it a company trying to
call an employee an independent contractor?
gloria
gmedcalf -at- prairie -dot- lakes -dot- com
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