Forum: Bryce


Subject: OT: Guess where I'm working now?

Analog-X64 opened this issue on May 26, 2007 · 15 posts


Analog-X64 posted Sat, 26 May 2007 at 3:39 PM

I think I posted around 6 months ago when I became un-employed.  Well 6 months later, I setup my own company and guess where I'm contracting now??

Yup back to where I was working before... it seems they let go of too many people and dont have anyone to do the work.  So I'm back as a contractor.  hehehehe.


dvlenk6 posted Sat, 26 May 2007 at 3:50 PM

I hope you are making them pay through the nose for your experience!

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tom271 posted Sat, 26 May 2007 at 4:13 PM

@ Analog:  I'm glad to hear you are working...  I'm still working on finding a logic board for my drive.. I have not forgotten.. 



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aprilgem posted Sat, 26 May 2007 at 4:34 PM

That's happened to me a couple of times. I think the companies think it's cheaper to do business that way. Feel free to charge them extra -- after all, you have your own overhead and benefits to pay for now, now that they no longer have to do that for you.


Death_at_Midnight posted Sat, 26 May 2007 at 7:31 PM

Way to go Analog-X! Charge them through the nose!


pakled posted Sat, 26 May 2007 at 8:52 PM

same place you were?...;)

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skiwillgee posted Sat, 26 May 2007 at 9:36 PM

Hope you are not victim of corporate ploy.  I've seen large companies layoff workers then hire them back as contractors before.  Looks okay on surface especially if it included a small pay increase.

The hook is they are now an outside contractor and aren't entitled to benefits and when there is a slow down they get dropped like a hot potato, no severance, no unemployment, no vacation, no sick days, etc.

I don't think this is the case for you since you are employeed by another firm.  Get'um!


LostinSpaceman posted Sat, 26 May 2007 at 11:22 PM

Well since you're now your own company and your own boss, Charge them through the wazzoo!


Zhann posted Sat, 26 May 2007 at 11:26 PM

Good for you, don't forget though you now have to save and pay your own taxes, soc sec (if in the US) state taxes etc. It's a headache sometimes working for yourself, but rewarding.

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TheBryster posted Sun, 27 May 2007 at 9:16 AM

Way to go! Good luck with this!
My son just started his own company and is doing good so far!

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Rayraz posted Sun, 27 May 2007 at 9:25 AM

Hahaha what did u tell 'em? "pay-up bitch!" hahahaha always good to get back at the peeps that screwed ya over.
Similar stuff happened with me with my school, me teachers bitched last time I did a project in my own time when I wasnt happy with their work-pace, 4 months of work resulted in no study points at all! So now I got back at 'em, I told my teach I had to delay my project 3 weeks because I got the oppertunity to do a project for UEFA and TomTom. After blinking a few times in disbelieve this one teach wanted to see my programming code on the project. Once he did he was happy they'd have 3 weeks to find a new teacher, cuz non of the ones on my study were qualified enough to understand the code! LOL If u know ur good enough for the job, dont worry if someone screws u over, u'll always get other possibly better opertunities, and if ur lucky u'll end up makin 'em sweat!
Btw, now that u have ur own company, be prepared to be creative with it! Running your own business can provide u with a lotta oppertunities that are economically very beneficial! For instance, u could buy ur electronic devices such as tv, sound systems, computers, etc on name of ur company, instead of ur monthly paycheck. It can save u quite a bit of money!

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TCsolar posted Mon, 28 May 2007 at 4:05 PM

haha way to go! make them pay you a lot ;)

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Gog posted Tue, 29 May 2007 at 4:17 AM

It seems to be a really common thign, lay staff off then hire them back at a $1000 a day.....

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Ang25 posted Wed, 30 May 2007 at 9:32 PM

Congrats on finding a solution to your unemployment. I hope things continue to work out well for you.


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Congratulations.

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