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Independent contractors fight back - Doing okay

Posted: Oct 27th, 2015 - 10:47 am In Reply to: You may be doing okay but some depend on MT jobs for paying bills - Not part time

Let me make myself clear here. I depend on my business for paying bills. I am a single mother. I have raised a child, paid my bills and maintained my household solely on what I made. I have worked long hours, nights and weekends. Having 3 part time contracts constitutes committing about 60 hours a week. I do not sit back and whine about not being paid enough. I go out and make it happen.

I need to add, I have had many conversations with companies offering me less than I was willing to agree to. I have been told, "If you don't want to do it, there are 1000 others out there who will." If those 1000 people didn't accept the low wage, they would have no choice but to increase it. If you can deliver quality work, you deserve to be paid for it. No company out there is going to give higher pay if we continue to accept the lower wage.

There are plenty of opportunities out there who pay a more reasonable rate.

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    - Have you ever used Glassdoor to find jobs? - MT (Views: 504, 2015-10-27, 10:07 am)
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        Glassdoor also reviews the companies. - MT (Views: 571, 2015-10-27, 11:06 am)
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- This is exactly what I have been doing most of this year. - echomt (Views: 440, 2015-10-28, 3:36 pm)
  - My gosh, where did you find companies - MT (Views: 512, 2015-10-28, 5:32 pm)
    - You have to be prepared to do battle if they challenge you. - echomt (Views: 506, 2015-10-28, 7:28 pm)
      - I agree with everything said above - mtmom (Views: 754, 2015-10-28, 10:19 pm)