In article ,
alt.home.repair, says...
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:55:22 -0800, Oren wrote:

I'm a contractor. I get no benefits from my "employer".

Get a new boss...
Oren

Nobody ever got any free benefits from an employer.

Exactly.

It is simply part of your salary. That is why "contractors" get (or
should get) a lot higher hourly wage.

Yep, the employer doesn't pay a lot of the costs and has the
benefit fine tuning workload. For that benefit they trade money.
I don't get any paid vacation, sick time, holidays, or health
insurance and have to move where the temporary work is, on my dime.
To offset those costs I get paid significantly more than
"employees". Both sides are happy with the bargain (or it wouldn't
have been made). Gotta love capitalism.

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Keith