Re: remote DBA job - pros and cons.
- From: "Andrew Kerber" <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Mark Strickland" <strickland.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:41:27 -0600
The law is based on hours worked. I think you get classified as ft employee
when you hit 30 hours (don't know that one for sure), but I know that if you
hit 40 hours everything kicks in. And I do know that if you worked 40
hours/week, you count as ft, no matter what, and if they didn't give you
full benefits, they were breaking the law.
On Jan 15, 2008 3:32 PM, Mark Strickland <strickland.mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> W2 temps are not regular employees. The body shops are required to pay
> the employer's share of taxes and handle withholding, but they're not
> required to provide medical, holiday pay, vacations, etc. Some companies
> have gotten into trouble for filling their cubicles with W2 temps who
> function no differently from regular employees. Perhaps that's what you are
> thinking of.
>
> I just googled it to make sure. If the law says differently, I didn't
> find evidence of it.
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2008 1:17 PM, Mark Strickland < strickland.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Large body shops like KForce. I stopped contracting at the end of 2005.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 15, 2008 12:57 PM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > How recently did you do that? And how big was the company? As I
> > > recall, the law sets a minimum number of employees the business must have
> > > before health care benefits are required.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 15, 2008 2:39 PM, Mark Strickland < strickland.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > W2-based contracting doesn't require benefits except for paying the
> > > > employer's share of SS. I contracted for 7 years, almost all on a W2
> > > > basis
> > > > (but not for a mere $33/hr!). Some body shops offered some benefits,
> > > > some
> > > > didn't. I chose to work on a W2 basis through body shops so that they
> > > > would
> > > > handle the paperwork and marketing and pay the employer's share of SS
> > > > and so
> > > > that I wouldn't have to get liability insurance.
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 15, 2008 10:41 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Naughty naughty...
> > > > >
> > > > > And you are right about the bennies.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jan 15, 2008 12:15 PM, Jared Still < jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Frankly, that doesn't even sound like a legal arrangement.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As you would be paid hourly, and as an employee (W2) I believe
> > > > > > that federal law required benefits provided for anything over
> > > > > > 30 hrs per week.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Plus that fact that $33 per hour is extremely low for a DBA.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You can't even get SQL server DBA's for that. ;)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jared
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Jan 14, 2008 3:34 PM, Prasad < p4cldba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > All,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > recently I am being offered a remote support DBA job and
> > > > > > > the hiring company is asking me to quit my current regular
> > > > > > > position and work
> > > > > > > with them for 33$/hr on W-2 with no benefits. Well I am in no
> > > > > > > position to
> > > > > > > accept this . but still would like to know if this is how it
> > > > > > > works.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks .
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -Prasad
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Jared Still
> > > > > > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Andrew W. Kerber
> > > > >
> > > > > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew W. Kerber
> > >
> > > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
> > >
> >
> >
>
--
Andrew W. Kerber
'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
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