Update: I’lll just ask if there’s an Austiin Dopefest coming up soon.
I’m probably going to be rejoining the ranks of the employed in about five weeks. It means leaving Cleveland (and selling my house at a loss, or dealing with a property manager ), and probably the end of a long-term relationship I’m in. However, it’s an opportunity I can’t turn down; a suburban community that is going some truly innovative planing, an employer that is generous with regards to professional development, and an environment where I won’t be sweating bullets through th recession.
Elmwood, I’ve been holding back my congratulations because of the use of the word “probably.” I’ve been waiting to hear definitely.
But since you haven’t retracted, I’m going to assume that you are going forward.
Wishing you luck in your new career!
Here is my update. My guys in London haven’t filled out the forms we need to fill out to pay me BECAUSE: their financial advisers have them worried that if they do so, they will have to pay PA State Corporation taxes (not just payroll taxes.) I know this is not the case, but can’t convince them that I know more about this than the people there. (Beyond my own experience with this, I called both a lawyer AND an accountant. The accountant was CFO of a bank and is now working in corporate accounting part time.)
Also, I am concerned that they aren’t *really *reading my updates. That is always frustrating to me.
The bottom line is, I’m soon going to need to be paid if they want me to keep working.
What was the earlier story about not filling out the paperwork? Did they just “not get around to it” or “forget” or “were too busy”? I’d be very concerned they’ve “known” this for some time (though what they “know” is wrong), and have been deliberately lying to you. It sounds like they’ve moved from a position of apparent laziness to one of outright refusal. That is a major change, if I’m interpreting this right, and you need to respond, IMO.
P would always say it was in C’s hands. C never responded. P has now said he has taken the issue from C and all should be filed by next week. P is a procrastinator, so I doubt it will be (he had said it would be done this week.) But he isn’t an outright deceiver. If I have to, I supposed I can go 1099 and take this away from them.
Explain this… does the 1099 option mean you are self employed and responsible for any taxes on money paid to you?
You need to do something to make it clear if they are just lazy bums or are deliberately jerking you around so as not to pay you for your work. If you have an agreement that they are supposed to be paying you for the work you do, then you need to stop doing more work until you are paid. Do you have a written contract?
1099 is a way of paying a person without that person being an employee. He is then responsible for paying his own taxes. My worry is how that will affect my unemployment. Certainly I can’t collect while I’m being paid but - and this is important - if you are self-employed you may not collect unemployment. So once things end at the end of the year, will I be unable to collect? I should call the state and find out.
Since the source code resides with me and I would be coding *something *anyway (that is just in my nature) I won’t take a black and white stand just yet. If nothing else, I’m learning a lot. They can’t take my work and profit from it at this time (it isn’t far enough along.) So, all is fine, just rather frustrating.
I just got a phone call saying I’ve been selected to attend an assessment day (27th Oct) for the local council role I applied for - apparently there are a couple of exercises in the morning (one group and one individual), then interviews that afternoon for those candidates that make it through the exercises.
I on the other hand, was summoned to HR yesterday. I was hoping they would offer me a new position – as my scheduled termination date is Nov 17. Instead, they gave me a nice song and dance about how good and valuable I am and how they are trying to find a place for me, but might not by my severance date.
Also, because of the bad economy, they’re not going to be able to do a major renovation that was planned – my department was eliminated because they were going to renovate the space for other, more profitable, use. But since this isn’t going to happen for a while, now they need someone, and I’m the only realistic candidate, to manage the space for a while. (Think of the space as a small conference center and me as the technical and logistics planner for meetings that happenn there.)
So I’m not certain if they really want to keep me permanently, or are just blowing smoke to keep me for a few more months. The thing is, my choice on November 17 is to leave with a severance package that adds up to somewhere near 15 grand, or agree to work for six more months in the hopes of finding another permanent gig, but if I do that I give up the severance package.
Anyway, what I’m going to tell them is that I will stay another six months if they will change my termination date to six months out, so if they can’t find me a place, then I will still have the severance package on the table six months from now. If they won’t do that, I will leave with the package on November 17.
I got a phone call from my ex-employer today (or rather, the surviving parent company of the one I worked for, that was declarted insolvent) - the software I was developing for the group (on which they control their stock, sales, and ledger) is about to stop working because the annual license is expiring - and I’m the only person who knows how to generate a new license key.
They offered to pay me to sort it out - but I can’t do any paid work (until I get another full-time job) because it will foul up my benefits and mortgage insurance cover. I’ll probably do it for them as a favour, as I might need them to provide a reference at some point.
Meanwhile, if anyone has any handy tips on the sort of things I’m likely to encounter in the group and individual assessment exercises for the job I mentioned above, I’d be grateful to hear them.
Finally, I thought this was amusing enough to share - it’s a job ad from today’s local paper.
At first, I thought it was one of those ‘if you can understand this, you’re smart enough to apply’ things. The more I look at it though, the more I think it might just have been some horrible typesetting cockup.
My friends in London have taken the first step needed to get me paid: We now have an EIN! That is great news, and is the basis for the rest of the work.
That is only a small part of what needs to be done. And from what I read on their site, you may only do it online if you are a US company…
Once we get an EIN, we must then get PA tax IDs. But it is serial, we must do each thing in order. Then I can start the paper work for getting a bank account. I will need the above and the articles of incorporation. This is a start.
I have a face-to-face interview set up for Tuesday! It’s for a research assistant position I started a thread about. I’m a little nervous, since part of it would involve taking a “lab skills” test, according to the professor.
I’ve definitely decided to leave my current employer. With the market as lousy as it is, any sort of financial services is a tough sell. People are just not willing to spend money they think they won’t have, even if it gives a future benefit. And, frankly, I’m not happy with the management style here.
I’ve applied to a bank and a credit union. I’ve had a good phone interview with the bank and a face-to-face interview with the credit union this Tuesday. I should hear back from the branch manager Monday to schedule that face-to-face.
Yup, the only time I wouln’t wear a suit is if I’m interviewing for an in-house job, when I would walk across the hall over lunch break from my regular job.
