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I also would not be surprised if more American jobs are now hiring people on as contractors only, without the benefits.
Has anyone seen if there's a clear path to working from an overseas location. I have an LLC if that works, I figure I could do a Corp to Corp as long as LLC exists within the US.
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I’m seeing is a lot for software development job postings in Canada. It is “remote” but you are required to live in the city.
Yes a lot of jobs in Canada that are "remote for now"; sometimes made explicit, other times implicit. Also an uptick in American companies attempting to hire remote from Canada, which is potentially good, except that I doubt many of them actually have the infrastructure (payroll, benefits, etc.) for doing the hire, so it's either contract, or it never actually happens.
most of the stuff I've seen is "temporarily remote" until COVID is over, so there is still an expectation that you will eventually come in. Who knows if that will ever happen, but it is quite a different situation between the two.
I’ve been coaching folks on jumping to new jobs for the last several months (helping others level up is my jam). In all cases, when I’ve told them to have the employer put the remote terms in their offer letter (if it’s not in writing it doesn’t exist), it has been done. Most of the time it’s painless, the few times the candidates have been told no I suggested they walk and the company capitulated in under 12 hours a…
I also would not be surprised if more American jobs are now hiring people on as contractors only, without the benefits.
Benefits are just an appealing name given to anything an employer chooses to spend money on instead of paying you that money (and the trade typically works in their favor). Certainly, there are cases where contract employment is offered with pay that does not compete well against full-time employment/salary plus benefits, but that is not always the case. Anecdotally, I've seen contracts done as W2 with benefits, even…
I also would not be surprised if more American jobs are now hiring people on as contractors only, without the benefits.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Benefits are just an appealing name given to anything an employer chooses to spend money on instead of paying you that money (and the trade typically works in their favor). Certainly, there are cases where contract employment is offered with pay that does not compete well against full-time employment/salary plus benefits, but that is not always the case. Anecdotally, I've seen contracts done as W2 with benefits, even…
>Benefits are just an appealing name given to anything an employer chooses to spend money on instead of paying you that money (and the trade typically works in their favor). Nominally, this works out for both employer and employee, since those benefits can be paid for with pre tax money. Really, it gives big businesses an advantage over small businesses that cannot afford the costs to administer these benefits or the…
The standard deduction largely gobbled up this scenario - paying towards health insurance premiums is tax deductible, but unless you can itemize beyond that standard deduction, it no longer matters. So in that case, yes there's somewhat of an advantage. Overall it can lead to complicated math trying to determine which scenario (W2 or 1099) will leave you with the most money/benefits.
And yes - with things like pooling resources, big business can often get better negotiated healthcare premiums than small business, let alone individuals.
For couples, it just varies by situation. Sometimes the W-2 member of the couple can get family health insurance, if that's a better deal than what the 1099 can get. If that's not an option, then yes, the 1099 member has to fend for themselves and buy an individual health insurance plan.
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Yes a lot of jobs in Canada that are "remote for now"; sometimes made explicit, other times implicit. Also an uptick in American companies attempting to hire remote from Canada, which is potentially good, except that I doubt many of them actually have the infrastructure (payroll, benefits, etc.) for doing the hire, so it's either contract, or it never actually happens.
For some international contractors this can be a nice pay bump, but I wonder if it's just hay fire and in a few months time companies realize that keeping a remote team functional requires work and they decide to just roll back. Time will tell.
So you are guaranteed a remote work environment from an open office.
I really don’t think that will work long term, so can see a lot of restructuring.
most of the stuff I've seen is "temporarily remote" until COVID is over, so there is still an expectation that you will eventually come in. Who knows if that will ever happen, but it is quite a different situation between the two.
Employers know that remote is appealing to devs, so they're eager to claim they're remote employers. As folks elsewhere have said, read the fine print and get commitments in writing if needed.