Re: MT Apprenticeship?

Well, that's me. I mean, I always get the money, and they have made a lot of
allowances over the years for me when I had issues with Justin over the
years. But I tell them, you know, I'm just a working person too, you expect
to get paid on time. How would you like it if Charlie (the CEO) was as lax
about your employee paycheck as you are about my IC pay? I have a 139-minute
file right now with a tight deadline of Friday morning and here I still
haven't been paid for the invoice I turned in on the 23rd. I know I'll get
it, but I'm not Rockefeller and have all these extra resources to fall back
on, a lot of times it's paycheck to paycheck around this house and it
doesn't matter to them. And, no, I'm not about to cut my own throat and do
or say anything too drastic, but I wish they'd get a clue. It didn't used to
be this way. New people have taken over this side of the business and they
are the most unorganized lot of people you've ever seen.

Dani

"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:yKaxf.95226$ME5.91429@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Well, you'd sure think so. Of course you could quit if they don't pay or
> withhold work until they pay, but then they would find someone else, so
> they have you, right? And I understand that. I've worked in a situation
> where I had a hard time getting paid due to the person just not grasping
> the concept of it didn't matter when she got paid, I needed to be paid on
> a schedule (finally made that understood), but the work was easy, regular,
> paid well, I always got the money, so I wasn't about to quit over it.
>
> DJGordon wrote:
>> Oh, no, I don't mind the deadlines at all. The only time the deadlines
>> mean something to me is when I'm waiting for my check. I have a hard time
>> getting them their files when they want them when I can't ever get my
>> check when I'm supposed to. I have never missed a deadline yet, I expect
>> the same courtesy when it comes to getting paid.
>>
>> Dani
>>
>> "RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:Ic9xf.63591$XJ5.58232@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>Long as you're happy, I don't have a problem with it, but they might.
>>>Probably the very fact you do regularly use subcontractors would help
>>>them. I personally don't feel deadlines should be held against someone.
>>>Any contractor in any field has these. You don't ask someone to build you
>>>a house and then just not worry about if they aren't done in a given time
>>>frame, etc.
>>>
>>>DJGordon wrote:
>>>
>>>>I don't think I come anywhere near being an IC, that's for sure. Yes, I
>>>>set my own schedule in order to meet their deadlines, I use my own
>>>>equipment, I'm 1099.
>>>>
>>>>BUT, they do the line count, they tell me what day I have to bill on and
>>>>then never listen to my net statement on my invoice and just pay me when
>>>>I finally hound them for days when it's past the 10th. I do the work of
>>>>some of the in-office staff at times when they either don't know what
>>>>they're doing or don't feel like it. My invoice has to be set up in
>>>>their shell, not one of my own making....etc etc etc.
>>>>
>>>>So what am I? LOL Don't answer that sarcastically please!
>>>>
>>>>Dani
>>>>
>>>>"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>news:XB%wf.93663$ME5.84235@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Yes, but you are training them. At least from what I understand
>>>>>regarding IRS and labor law, that is a real biggie. I also think the
>>>>>idea of an apprentice actually being an IC would be very open to being
>>>>>shot down regardless of any agreements, which mean nothing as far as
>>>>>the state goes. In this state they (state) went after subcontractors of
>>>>>a flooring type company because (believe it or not) telling them where
>>>>>to go to do the job was directing them (something to that effect).
>>>>>These were people who had their own businesses for real.
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't agree with some of the ways these laws are written, but very
>>>>>few IC MTs I know come anywhere near really being ICs.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Jay wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>They do not have an exclusive working relationship with our company
>>>>>>and
>>>>>>are free to work for other clients; they set their own working hours
>>>>>>and working conditions; they are not required to meet certain quotas
>>>>>>in
>>>>>>terms of volume or time; they provide their own equipment; they do not
>>>>>>work on premises owned by our company or use any equipment or software
>>>>>>that is owned by our company; they are responsible for all expenses
>>>>>>related to the work they do for our company; they are not guaranteed a
>>>>>>profit from their relationship with our company; they cannot be fired.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This is obviously a big concern so we have spent quite a bit of time
>>>>>>researching the IRS guidelines and structuring our operation
>>>>>>accordingly. Jay
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>


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