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I don't mind putting in a few OT hours here and there, but at a former employer you were looked on as a slacker and not pulling your weight if you only put in 40/week. At least 50 (usually unpaid OT except for a few weeks here and there where the budget stars aligned) hours were expected and people were burning out since the extra hours were expected on weekends as well as during the week. I had a mandatory meeting scheduled for a Sunday once, conflicting with my final wedding dress fitting. There was a lot of huffing and puffing when I told them where they could shove that meeting, and the more gnashing of teeth when I dared to take time off to go get married. We still haven't done a honeymoon because if I'd taken off more time for that I probably would've come back to no job. Now I'm a contractor and I get paid time and a half for any OT worked so I get booted out the door as soon as I hit 40 
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Bloody Queef posted:If they're independent contractors, hopefully they're getting paid 30-100% more than a W2 employee to make up for no benefits. If not, they're idiots. I get zero paid time off (well I did weasel into 6 paid gov't holidays, but I get no personal time for sick days or vacation) but I make about $5k more annually than I did salaried and since I have no benefits I get to keep most of it. I now take home over $1000 more per month despite only having a $5000 annual pay increase.
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Oct 26, 2014 22:40
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Bloody Queef posted:Are you a 1099? I work for a contracting company so on taxes it's pretty much just like a regular salaried job. I didn't fill out a 1099.
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Oct 28, 2014 00:50
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