gregd

Exactly. This process needs to stop. I have never applied for a job where the salary (or hourly) price wasn't listed up front. Why waste my time and why should I waste yours?

I'm saying the analogy in this case, doesn't work. Hiring a plumber, carpenter, electrician on a per job basis is not the same as hiring an employee (hopefully for a long-term commitment).

I see. So we should start listing benefits to doing our job for a plumber?

"Hey there Plumber, if you do this job, I'll give you health insurance for the two days it takes you to do this job. I'll provide a gym membership, free coffee, and pay your taxes"

Why bother applying for jobs that don't list salary? The whole notion that it's a bargaining tool bothers me to no end. I'm not going to bother applying for a job that doesn't list their salary upfront.

Listing the salary allows me to decide that I really want to work for that company, the salary is within my budget, and that I'd like to apply. All without bothering anyone else or wasting my time (or that companies time).

What in the world does this have to do with hiring an employee with salary?

Hiring a plumber on a per job basis isn't the same thing at all and getting bids for jobs like this, works.

Do you seriously think that people should bid to fill positions at companies?

This is a really neat project! Good job.

While I don't disagree with most of what you're saying, this idea that people should (or can) just leave employment, needs to stop. This is not the way most of the world works and many people are "stuck" in very shitty situations that don't have many opportunities, out.

But with regard to the rest of your comment, absolutely. This guy is a knob.

"And the unit’s always-on blue glow—which indicates when its primary PECO filter is in operation—can disrupt sleep. (You can’t physically block the glow with a coin or tape, because doing so would block the Molekule’s delivery of air.)"

I'm not sure when this trend of putting blue lights on devices meant to be put in a bedroom started, or when it will end, but for me, this could be the best filter on the market (it's not) and I would still not purchase it based on the blue light.

I have a Winix Air Purifier I bought from Costco in my bedroom and while it has blue lights, they auto-shutoff in a darkened room. There is one blue indicator on the faceplate that stays on, but I remedied that with a piece of eletrical tape.

These cases are not even remotely the same.

In the case of the bakers refusing to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple (I followed this case closely as I lived in Oregon at the time), the cake shop owners refused to bake the cake on the grounds that they said specifically they refused to bake the cake because the couple was gay. The bakers also went the additional step of doxxing this customer for which they paid a hefty fine.

Also in Oregon, gay people are a protected class of citizen by the State.

You're also wrong in that these are not inherently conflicting things. A platform can moderate their content AS WELL AS have immunity from what their users post.

Since the First Amendment acts as a constraint on Government, yeah, it makes sense that YouTube is under no obligation to protect your freedom of speech. This isn't a hard concept.

I've worked for various technical help desks over the past 20 years and I'm saying that if a help desk is setup properly, ombudsman services become unnecessary.

A big part of this is how empowered you make your various levels. The SLAs I've always worked with, created, and worked under measured time on calls and customer satisfaction was always one of the more important measurements.

A properly setup helpdesk negates the need for an Ombudsman. If a tech company cannot get a helpdesk escalation path correct, what makes you think they'll get an Ombudsman scenario correct?

They also didn't magically disable the data collection once you became a paying customer.

Oh but the article claims she's done some "soul searching", when in fact, I think they meant she's found all the souls she sucked the life out of.

What I got out of the post is that the value you bring to a company, doesn't at all align with what you're actually paid, which is typical of our society.

I've been a self-employed IC with numerous large clients and I currently work for a company that I'm an actual employee, but my company contracts me out to another company. I've done this for over 15 years and none of what you're describing has been my experience.

Did you even negotiate the transition or did you just accept what your company told you? How often have you gone through this?

Was this a work study program or internship through your college? Or did you just take a contracting position at a company to help make ends meet?

You keep stating things that aren't true.

Salaried employees negotiate and get benefits and isn't tied to "hours worked".

There are lots of jobs now listing flexible hours as a benefit.

You keep saying that converting from IC to employee would mean their base salary would be lower. Have you ever been an Independent Contractor? This simply isn't true.

What laws exist that say an employer has to provide benefits for their employees? A lot of employers offer flexible schedules and a flex schedule can be negotiated during the hiring process.

Going from Contractor to Employee status adds 20% - 30% in labor costs. Things like Workers Comp, PTO, unemployment insurance, etc. that companies are forced to pay. There is indeed a "loophole" or labor discount with ICs.

I don't disagree that our healthcare system is a joke. But working full-time for a company in no way, shape or form guarantees that you'll get health benefits too. AB5 also doesn't force employers to provide healthcare.

I would assume certain industries require special permitting or licensing for LLCs.

"Ultimately we're forcing a bunch of societal burden onto employers."

How so?

Because companies complain that it adds 20% - 30% to their labor costs.

There are few exceptions to the new law, and even the exceptions have to pass the Borello Test.

Being downvoted for having an opinion? Good god people.

That's exactly what they have to do and some are. However, forming and running an LLC can have it's own headaches depending on the type of business you're running. In some industries, running as an LLC would cost you more than you'd make as an IC.

I totally get and understand being scared at losing part of one's income, especially in place like California, but I agree with you. This is a step in the right direction and removes the ability for companies to continue to exploit 1099s.