hike wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:24 PM, mark <m.roth2006@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> hike wrote: >>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:35 AM, mark <m.roth2006@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> George Magklaras wrote: >>>>> mark wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Let's also not forget that consultant rates are higher than >>>>>> employee pay rates, *and* there's the loading for the consulting >>>>>> co itself; the result is that it costs a company *more* for a consultant >>>>>> than for an employee. <MVNCH> >> ROTFLMAO!!! > > first of all, i am glad you understand the tongue-in-cheek manner of my > post. as with all humor (?), it does a kernel of truth. > > on to a response,,,,, > > there is a great difference between a consultant and a contractor. most of > the jobs that i would actually say that i am a "consultant" but i was > actually a "contractor". contractors are hired to do the work; consultants > aren't. if you get a w2 and buy your insurance from the firm you are > contracting from, you are a contractor. Yeah, probably. > > by the way, if you get lay off, you lose your insurance. you have seen > insurance yanked--you just didn't recognize it. you've never seen a company > reduce insurance benefit? What I've seen a lot is having to pay more towards coverage. I've never had it yanked. Ever. > > when we last moved, we purchased our insurance outside of the work place. > this makes me a "better buy" to perspective employers. insurance is one of > the tools that mgrs/phbs use to control/manipulate "employees". and the > insurance companies and the government assist the mgrs/phbs--ever heard of > COBRA? You mean how I even have any insurance this very minute? Literally, if I didn't have COBRA, I'd have zero insurance. As I mentioned, I had some serious problems eight years ago. (A single payer national healthcare system, like *every* *other* First World nation has, can't come soon enough for me.) > > insurance sucks and is one of the biggest scare tactics that politicians > have--there is so much goobly-gook about the value, needs, requirement, etc. > of insurance. before the government forced company sponsored insurance on > us, it cost $400-$500 a year for a family. Now, the current administration > is going to make it mandatory--you won't be able to get a job without > insurance. (It will be fun to watch how you will change jobs in that > environment.) Then contact your Senators and Rep and demand single payer, national. It *will* be cheaper than for-ever-increasing-profit insurance co's. mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
