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Re:Why Good Developers Are Promoted into Unhappiness (2007) by laythea on Sunday April 28, 2019 @06:14AM (#19770309)
be warned: the government does not like it if you are an employee and then go directly into contracting for said same company.

you become an "employee under guise" and then you will be taxed as such. then you get the worst of both worlds.

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Re:Why Good Developers Are Promoted into Unhappiness (2007) by weberc2 on Sunday April 28, 2019 @09:33AM (#19771073)
Which government?
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Re:Why Good Developers Are Promoted into Unhappiness (2007) by tomduncalf on Sunday April 28, 2019 @10:18AM (#19771245)
I assume he means U.K. (IR35 ruling) although there may be equivalents elsewhere in the world
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