Ive done employee work and quite a bit of contracting. some on w-2 and now I have my own company. hourly w-2 does NOT require benefits. I was a busboy as a kid and I was a w-2/hourly employee and I did not get benefits. plenty of hourly jobs don't pay benefits. btw, when a contract company offers "benefits" they generally lower the rate. you need to do the calculation because they will often lower the rate more than the benefits are worth. so you are better off taking the straight rate. best way to go as a contractor is corp to corp due to all the tax breaks. however, you have to be willing to do extra accounting(even if you pay an accountant there is extra work to do). plus you have to comb over the contract to ensure the contract company is actually required to pay you plus they slip in lots of other things. I occasionally see remote jobs out there. they are almost always low pay. so the remote is bait to get low pay. not alot of it, but does happen. there are a small number of people out there who will take low pay in order to work from home. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Dan Norris <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > No, that's not how it should work, I don't care where you live. If you're a > contractor, then it's okay to provide no benefits, but if you're on a W-2, > then > I think it's fair to expect some benefit of being a full-time employee (and > barred from seeking other work, I presume). > > I'd love to play a game of "guess what company made you the offer", but that > would probably get negative very quickly and might get mean. Regardless, I've > already privately assembled a list likely possibilities, just for my own > enjoyment :). > > I don't know too many people that would be in a position to accept a job with > the parameters you stated. > > Dan > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Prasad <p4cldba@xxxxxxxxx> > To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 5:34:08 PM > Subject: remote DBA job - pros and cons. > > > 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$/hr > on W-2 with no benefits. Well I am in no position to accept this . but still > would like to know if this is how it works. > > > Thanks . > > -Prasad > > > >
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- From: Dan Norris <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: p4cldba@xxxxxxxxx, oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:07:26 +0000
No, that's not how it should work, I don't care where you live. If you're a contractor, then it's okay to provide no benefits, but if you're on a W-2, then I think it's fair to expect some benefit of being a full-time employee (and barred from seeking other work, I presume).
I'd love to play a game of "guess what company made you the offer", but that would probably get negative very quickly and might get mean. Regardless, I've already privately assembled a list likely possibilities, just for my own enjoyment :).
I don't know too many people that would be in a position to accept a job with the parameters you stated.
Dan----- Original Message ----
From: Prasad <p4cldba@xxxxxxxxx>
To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 5:34:08 PM
Subject: remote DBA job - pros and cons.
All,
recently I am being offered a remote support DBA job and the hiring company is asking me to quit my current regular position and work with them for 33$/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
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