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RE: Transitioning from Consulting/Contracting to Permanent Positi ons
Subject:RE: Transitioning from Consulting/Contracting to Permanent Positi ons From:Tammy VanBoening <Tammy -dot- VanBoening -at- netRegulus -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:17:57 -0700
And to continue with a thought of Stephen's -
>Being mistaken for, or treated as, an employee.
When I was a contractor (for a brief period):
At one gig, I was working as a contractor that required me to interact w/
several key employees, and although I was an indpendent, I had to "act" like
an employee in terms of expected arrival time, lunch time, and departure
time (8 to 4:30 w/ one half hour exactly for lunch). At another gig, I was
on my own - a completely independent project and I "reported" to one
individual . . so, I kept my own hours and own schedule (within reason),
took lunch when I wanted, etc. At one point, I too got a stern reminder from
HR about expected hours on site, employee mandates, etc. and I had to also
firmly, but politely, remind them that I was an indpendent contractor and
that as long as the sole gentleman to whom I was "reporting" knew exactly
what I was doing and that I was on schedule, then all was right.
Just gotta' keep aware of the different expectations and quirks of the
different places for which you consult/contract.
Tammy Van Boening
Senior Technical Writer
NetRegulus, Inc.
303-925-7721 (Direct)
303-925-7700 (Main)
303-662-9320 (Fax)
tammy -dot- vanboening -at- netregulus -dot- com
www.netregulus.com
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Keep smiling - at least until you get your own way.
> ---->
> 1. Being mistaken for, or treated as, an employee. Minor
> things like having HR
> send me stern reminder mail that I missed the benefits or
> some such meeting and
> that I must go the the HR office "right away". If they can't
> remember that I'm
> not an employee...
>
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