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[–]thefirststoneThat's my purse! I don't know you! 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Just start your own company, and employ fewer than 100 people. These sorts of size-based tricks are common in parts of Europe to avoid their onerous taxes and regulations, which would bankrupt smaller companies.

Don't be afraid to work as a contractor!

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Don't be afraid to work as a contractor!

Soon you will lose your contractors license if you don't have a vaccination card.

[–]thefirststoneThat's my purse! I don't know you! 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Not a general contractor, which requires licensing in some places. A contract worker, who works on a per-task or per-project basis alongside regular employees. It's very common in oil and gas, for instance, as they can or can't afford to hire so many people.

Though this wouldn't work in all places. California, for instance, fucked with contract work by making anybody who works a certain extent be considered actual employees, which adds back all the bullshit regulatory overhead the employee was trying to avoid. I don't know whether "consultant" type of self-employment gets around that.

[–]Ponderer 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Gotcha, I've heard this called an "independent contractor"