Self Employment/Contract Labor

[Timothy]

I now have four agencies calling me about potential work contracts.  All, so far, are telling me the same thing so this might actually become a reality!  My only real concern now is getting some affordable health care.  No one will insure my wife unless it's a company provided benefit.

We'll see what happens..

[WatchManUSA]

Good luck in your process.  My contract will be up in a couple of months so I hope I can hook on to another.  Perhaps the firm you select will have something you can purchase.  I'm fortunate because I'm insured through my wife's insurance.

[Timothy]

Good luck in your process.  My contract will be up in a couple of months so I hope I can hook on to another.  Perhaps the firm you select will have something you can purchase.  I'm fortunate because I'm insured through my wife's insurance.

I should clarify.  My wife is disabled so no private insurance will even quote me a price!  She receives Medicare though so I'm covered in a pinch for her care.

Thanks for the well wishes, this is all new too me!

[Pathfinder]

The appointment is still on.  She answered all of my immediate concerns.  So far, it's a W2 arrangement with possible benefits available.  I've started a list of other questions that I have to address during my sit down tomorrow.

Thanks again guys...here's the link to the agency if anyone has any interest or knowledge of their policies.

tim

www.oxfordcorp.com

"Looks" like a reputable firm, but the proof is in the people you meet in the process. I once worked for an outfit who had hired a new COO. Turns out the COO fit in sort of because he could fabricate "truth" better than the Pres. of the company. They were a vendor candidate to the project I was on, and it turns out some of what they posted in their Proposal to our RFP was total fabrication.

My take is they are a local company that through word of mouth or good marketing became regional, then "national" (major population centers in various states). I am a little curious about the sole office in Ireland, though, unless they piggy-backed on the Ireland rush 20 years ago and it stuck.

Based on the "open positions", their model is that they hire solely 1099 and W-2 employees for the actual work. My firms always hired salaried employees, resorting to 1099/W-2 if we had to. But then, the whole IT consulting business changed radically in the post-Y2K bust in 2000. Most companies got bought, went out of business, or changed their business model to recruitment or like these folks, contractors only.

[Pathfinder]

I now have four agencies calling me about potential work contracts.  All, so far, are telling me the same thing so this might actually become a reality!  My only real concern now is getting some affordable health care.  No one will insure my wife unless it's a company provided benefit.

We'll see what happens..

Every company I have ever worked with - if they offered medical/dental - always had multiple plans based on single, +wife, +dependents, and +wife+dependents. The cost is the main thing that changes.

Obviously, watch out for plans that have "pre-existing condition" clauses when considering putting your wife on one. Some plans also say if the insured is eligible for Medicare then they won't cover the person.

Lastly, look at the terms of the plans if you can. The last place I worked they only covered 70% of major costs, not the usual 80%. That was an Aetna plan.

All of this is - of course - in addition to questions on the assignment and the type of work you would be doing.  

Congratulations on the demand, though. Nice to be wanted, ain't it? ? ? ? ?   

[Sponsor]

[Timothy]

All good information Path...I've had to become an insurance expert since I met my wife 29 years ago!

And, yes!  It's nice to be wanted but that's how I got hooked up with the last company and that turned out to be a nightmare!  I'm not jumping into anything too quickly.  I'm getting to damn old to be moving around this often.  Someday, I wanna quit working and at this rate, It'll be somewhere around my 90th birthday!

[Pathfinder]

All good information Path...I've had to become an insurance expert since I met my wife 29 years ago!

And, yes!  It's nice to be wanted but that's how I got hooked up with the last company and that turned out to be a nightmare!  I'm not jumping into anything too quickly.  I'm getting to damn old to be moving around this often.  Someday, I wanna quit working and at this rate, It'll be somewhere around my 90th birthday!

You and me both, my brother, you and me both!