Reply #39: Independent contractor.

[walldude]

I'm a self employed roadie. While your experience with the company you work for may be great, it's not like that everywhere. I had worked for the company I left to go solo for 16 years. 16 years of my life, I was the lead technician, when I started there they had 10 employees, when I left they had offices in NY, Colorado and California.

After 16 years I was making 15.70 an hour. Now that may sound like decent money but 6 months after I left I was making TRIPLE that. Now I make even more. My last Christmas bonus from that company was... $100. After 16 years, oh and they took taxes out of it as well.... Not all companies are good and not all are bad.