Re: Transitioning from Consulting/Contracting to Permanent Positions

Subject: Re: Transitioning from Consulting/Contracting to Permanent Positions
From: stephen -dot- arrants -at- attbi -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:03:22 +0000


I've only encountered resistance in three areas:

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...

2. Not wanting to take a perm. position with a company. A couple of places
found it really odd that I was happier as an hourly freelancer.

3. Reminding management that I'm hourly, not an exempt employee, and that I
charge them for the REQUIRED weekend work-a-thon.

In all cases being firm, polite, and assertive cleared things up.


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