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Nov 29, 2008

Employee vs. Independent Contractor


Lets go ahead and get started with some definitions I used in my previous blog.


All companies that I have worked for hire "us folks" as independent contractors. Which means you will receive a 1099 at the end of the year (if you made more than $600.oo for the calendar year).

Being hired as an employee the company deducts taxes for you from each check and you will receive a W-2 at the end of the year.

Now, there is one company that changed its hiring status from independent contractor to employee and that company is West.

**(Don't worry we'll go more into detail about taxes and all of that stuff in a later writing).

You may wonder which hiring status do I prefer...ummmmm, well I really don't care as long as I receive some money back from filing my taxes : ).

I would like to go over a few of the companies that West, Liveops and Cloud 10 represent.

Virgin Mobile
Direct Response
ToysRUs
HSN
Shop at Home Network
Cricket and many others.

Pizza Hut
1800 Flowers
Walk Fit
Hip Hop Abs
Direct Response
Out Bound and Inbound Calls
and so many more

TMobile

So this should show you that you will never go bored working for these companies.
Tomorrow I think I will update a few more companies to work for (at HOME of course).

Please stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my new blog.

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Ask Alyxsa

2 comments:

Teresa said...

Hi,

What exactly do you do for these companies and how do you go about getting hired? Also, do you work on your own schedule or do they expect you to be available certain hours of the day?

Ask Alyxsa said...

Hi Single Mom...
Thanks for leaving a comment. I'm not affiliate with these companies in anyway and they do not pay me to post or recommend them (I wish they did). I use to work from home and have been in the work at home industry for years now and have become quite familiar with a multitude of companies that hire people to work from home. To get hired just go to that companies website and complete the online application and wait for a response. I suggest applying to more than one company at a time.
I wish you the best!

As Always,
Alyxsa
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