I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I am going out on my own

Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by UncleEntity on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:20PM (#35396008)

Devil’s advocate:

So his wage is directly tied to how well you can manage contracts and how fast he can churn out the work?

Theoretically, on a slow week he can take home zero dollars.

My job is paid like that (sort of) and if I don’t work for whatever reason it costs me $0.38 and that’s just because I have health insurance through the VA.

Fuck, dude, I’d love to be a “wage slave” and get paid to do nothing for three weeks.

—edit—

Not $0.38 for health insurance but not having that cost because socialism. Be a couple hundred to pay even if I didn’t earn a dime otherwise.

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Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by gsibble on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:26PM (#35396060)

How well we both manage contracts. It's both our jobs to source work. We're essentially business partners.

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Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by lylejantzi3rd on Saturday April 01, 2023 @09:52AM (#35400304)

Good luck! I hope it works out for you. I did the same thing (contract work with a business partner) a few years back. Our biggest problem was finding work. He's good at business management and I'm good at the tech, but neither of us are good at marketing or sales.

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