> You're going to be down the road with no benefits, no growth, no title, and nothing to build the rest of your career on.
"Benefits" aren't free. Every company budgets the cost for everything an employee receives as "Total Compensation" from health plan to gym to educational credits to free food to stock options.
I used to think "free stuff" was great until I started understanding how the money really works in this situation. Now I would much prefer the freedom to choose the benefits I value at the level I choose instead of having them chosen for me in a "one size fits all" plan. Just give me ALL the money in that Total Comp number and let me choose what to keep in my pocket and what I wish to buy.
Comparing a low-skill job like driving an Uber with higher skill, more specialized work is apples vs oranges. In a free employment market, being an independent contractor tends to the most beneficial arrangement for most workers - it's just harder to see the full picture when the costs of "benefits" are hidden and the true "Total Comp" of an FTE vs IC isn't disclosed transparently.
I prefer more transparency (information), more choice, more flexibility and more control being in my hands.
"Benefits" aren't free. Every company budgets the cost for everything an employee receives as "Total Compensation" from health plan to gym to educational credits to free food to stock options.
I used to think "free stuff" was great until I started understanding how the money really works in this situation. Now I would much prefer the freedom to choose the benefits I value at the level I choose instead of having them chosen for me in a "one size fits all" plan. Just give me ALL the money in that Total Comp number and let me choose what to keep in my pocket and what I wish to buy.
Comparing a low-skill job like driving an Uber with higher skill, more specialized work is apples vs oranges. In a free employment market, being an independent contractor tends to the most beneficial arrangement for most workers - it's just harder to see the full picture when the costs of "benefits" are hidden and the true "Total Comp" of an FTE vs IC isn't disclosed transparently.
I prefer more transparency (information), more choice, more flexibility and more control being in my hands.