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ParticipantIf’n you like the gyrating hips go on youtube and search for “mapouka”. It’s rooted in traditional African dance, and they were doin’ it long before the latinas…
ParticipantIf’n you like the gyrating hips go on youtube and search for “mapouka”. It’s rooted in traditional African dance, and they were doin’ it long before the latinas…
April 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM in reply to: Small raise, adjusted for inflation, making less than last year #186278ParticipantThebreeze I don’t understand how a consultant “gets” a raise from someone else. Aren’t you self-employed i.e. your own boss? Getting a raise as a contractor means the next time you sign a contract make sure your pay is 15% more in the contract. No?
If it’s any consolation, I am a consultant and I get many, many more calls during down-cycles in the economy than up-cycles. Companies don’t want employees because they pay them full time even when there’s nothing for them to do, so basically they’re paying someone to blog on piggington all day or whatever. They’re also paying taxes on them and medical/dental/retirement benefits on top of the insurance expenses, wages, vacation, sick days, training, all the OSHA and worker’s comp, on top of all the California employment entitlement benefits.
For consultants, they typically pay an hourly rate and the consultant works on a deadline which is listed in the contract. At the end he walks and there are no hard feelings. The company pays no tax or benefits to him, no sick days, no vacation, is not responsible for insuring him or worker’s comp or any of that overhead which makes running a business so difficult. In down times, it’s a better move to hire consultants.
April 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM in reply to: Small raise, adjusted for inflation, making less than last year #186296ParticipantThebreeze I don’t understand how a consultant “gets” a raise from someone else. Aren’t you self-employed i.e. your own boss? Getting a raise as a contractor means the next time you sign a contract make sure your pay is 15% more in the contract. No?
If it’s any consolation, I am a consultant and I get many, many more calls during down-cycles in the economy than up-cycles. Companies don’t want employees because they pay them full time even when there’s nothing for them to do, so basically they’re paying someone to blog on piggington all day or whatever. They’re also paying taxes on them and medical/dental/retirement benefits on top of the insurance expenses, wages, vacation, sick days, training, all the OSHA and worker’s comp, on top of all the California employment entitlement benefits.
For consultants, they typically pay an hourly rate and the consultant works on a deadline which is listed in the contract. At the end he walks and there are no hard feelings. The company pays no tax or benefits to him, no sick days, no vacation, is not responsible for insuring him or worker’s comp or any of that overhead which makes running a business so difficult. In down times, it’s a better move to hire consultants.
April 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM in reply to: Small raise, adjusted for inflation, making less than last year #186325ParticipantThebreeze I don’t understand how a consultant “gets” a raise from someone else. Aren’t you self-employed i.e. your own boss? Getting a raise as a contractor means the next time you sign a contract make sure your pay is 15% more in the contract. No?
If it’s any consolation, I am a consultant and I get many, many more calls during down-cycles in the economy than up-cycles. Companies don’t want employees because they pay them full time even when there’s nothing for them to do, so basically they’re paying someone to blog on piggington all day or whatever. They’re also paying taxes on them and medical/dental/retirement benefits on top of the insurance expenses, wages, vacation, sick days, training, all the OSHA and worker’s comp, on top of all the California employment entitlement benefits.
For consultants, they typically pay an hourly rate and the consultant works on a deadline which is listed in the contract. At the end he walks and there are no hard feelings. The company pays no tax or benefits to him, no sick days, no vacation, is not responsible for insuring him or worker’s comp or any of that overhead which makes running a business so difficult. In down times, it’s a better move to hire consultants.
April 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM in reply to: Small raise, adjusted for inflation, making less than last year #186332ParticipantThebreeze I don’t understand how a consultant “gets” a raise from someone else. Aren’t you self-employed i.e. your own boss? Getting a raise as a contractor means the next time you sign a contract make sure your pay is 15% more in the contract. No?
If it’s any consolation, I am a consultant and I get many, many more calls during down-cycles in the economy than up-cycles. Companies don’t want employees because they pay them full time even when there’s nothing for them to do, so basically they’re paying someone to blog on piggington all day or whatever. They’re also paying taxes on them and medical/dental/retirement benefits on top of the insurance expenses, wages, vacation, sick days, training, all the OSHA and worker’s comp, on top of all the California employment entitlement benefits.
For consultants, they typically pay an hourly rate and the consultant works on a deadline which is listed in the contract. At the end he walks and there are no hard feelings. The company pays no tax or benefits to him, no sick days, no vacation, is not responsible for insuring him or worker’s comp or any of that overhead which makes running a business so difficult. In down times, it’s a better move to hire consultants.
April 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM in reply to: Small raise, adjusted for inflation, making less than last year #186336ParticipantThebreeze I don’t understand how a consultant “gets” a raise from someone else. Aren’t you self-employed i.e. your own boss? Getting a raise as a contractor means the next time you sign a contract make sure your pay is 15% more in the contract. No?
If it’s any consolation, I am a consultant and I get many, many more calls during down-cycles in the economy than up-cycles. Companies don’t want employees because they pay them full time even when there’s nothing for them to do, so basically they’re paying someone to blog on piggington all day or whatever. They’re also paying taxes on them and medical/dental/retirement benefits on top of the insurance expenses, wages, vacation, sick days, training, all the OSHA and worker’s comp, on top of all the California employment entitlement benefits.
For consultants, they typically pay an hourly rate and the consultant works on a deadline which is listed in the contract. At the end he walks and there are no hard feelings. The company pays no tax or benefits to him, no sick days, no vacation, is not responsible for insuring him or worker’s comp or any of that overhead which makes running a business so difficult. In down times, it’s a better move to hire consultants.
ParticipantWhoa! Sarah Jessica Parker won the title of “unsexiest woman alive”… I somehow feel vindicated (and guilty if it hurts her feelings). Check out the picture they have of her.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21494412
ok back on topic now. What was the topic now?
ParticipantWhoa! Sarah Jessica Parker won the title of “unsexiest woman alive”… I somehow feel vindicated (and guilty if it hurts her feelings). Check out the picture they have of her.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21494412
ok back on topic now. What was the topic now?
ParticipantWhoa! Sarah Jessica Parker won the title of “unsexiest woman alive”… I somehow feel vindicated (and guilty if it hurts her feelings). Check out the picture they have of her.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21494412
ok back on topic now. What was the topic now?
ParticipantWhoa! Sarah Jessica Parker won the title of “unsexiest woman alive”… I somehow feel vindicated (and guilty if it hurts her feelings). Check out the picture they have of her.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21494412
ok back on topic now. What was the topic now?
ParticipantWhoa! Sarah Jessica Parker won the title of “unsexiest woman alive”… I somehow feel vindicated (and guilty if it hurts her feelings). Check out the picture they have of her.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21494412
ok back on topic now. What was the topic now?
ParticipantThe first actress looks like Ziyi Zhang to me. You know, the brat from Crouching Tiger. She’s walking in front of some terracotta warriors like the ones in Xian so the film must be Chinese?
The 2nd one I have no clue. Must be an actress?
ParticipantThe first actress looks like Ziyi Zhang to me. You know, the brat from Crouching Tiger. She’s walking in front of some terracotta warriors like the ones in Xian so the film must be Chinese?
The 2nd one I have no clue. Must be an actress?
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