| Art Clemons on Fri, 19 Jul 2002 11:50:49 -0400 |
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Paul: >Isn't it the sacred duty of a computer person to work on computer stuff >and save or make money for the Company? In any case, consultants >usually cost a lot more than a regular employee. And the Company can >work the regular employee twice as hard for less pay. It works >out...for the Company! Usually consultants don't cost a company more than employees doing the same work. Consultants don't usually cost an employer's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes. Consultants also only work as needed or called in, and that means that the higher apparent amounts paid amount to less in the long run. Think of consultants as part time workers without any benefits or necessity to deal with taxes and the light shining down makes it obvious. Some companies have used consultants exclusively, but in some ways that's the result more of friendly to the practice IRS rulings on who is an employee rather than any logical consistency. In the software/computer world, it's even more problematic determining who is an employee and who isn't. ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug
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