Re: MT Apprenticeship?

Same problem here, Dana. My check was due 01/05. Not received yet!! This
is getting painfully old and annoying.

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Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
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"DJGordon" <danigordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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