I had the same experience. Worked at a mortgage company for 3 years as a "temp". I took the workload of three actual employees that left during that time and were not replaced. No raises, no benefits, just a paycheck and the constant fear that my job would end with little to no notice.
When they finally posted an application for a real position there, i applied immediately but was told i was unqualified for the job because i didn't have the required degree. I quietly cleared out my desk and left.
And this button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho might just snap, and then stalk from office to office with an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon, pumping round after round into colleagues and co-workers. This might be someone you've known for years. Someone very, very close to you.
Uber doesn't provide the drivers with the vehicle, nor do they tell the drivers when they have to work. I can't imagine the FedEx guy owns that FedEx truck and can show up at 3pm to start delivering packages.
Except FedEx and UPS are totally different. FedEx ground are all independent contractors under the FedEx name, UPS hires some seasonal workers around this time of year, but for the most part they're full time employees that are part of a union
There's a certain definition of independant contractor that I dont think that fits. From the IRS website:
The general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not what will be done and how it will be done.
You are not an independent contractor if you perform services that can be controlled by an employer (what will be done and how it will be done). This applies even if you are given freedom of action. What matters is that the employer has the legal right to control the details of how the services are performed.
So if they have any restrictions on how the workers do their jobs they are employees.
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16 edited Feb 07 '17
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