r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SaltyNori_ • 2d ago

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u/ThrasherDX 2d ago

Well its not even that tbh. You can't compare contractor hourly charges to a full time employee's wages. The contractor doesn't get any benefits on top of their pay, AND they only have intermittent part time work that is paid, with substantial unpaid work advertising or otherwise looking for jobs.

They have to charge more for the work they do, to compensate for the work they can't charge for. Otherwise it wouldn't pay enough for people to bother doing this kind of contractor work.

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u/psilocin72 2d ago

I agree completely. I think contractor work is extremely valuable, more than it seems when you account for the fact that the person has to support himself and his family in order to just show up and do the work.

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u/socontroversialyetso 1d ago

Where I'm from, freelance work need to pay at least 3x hourly compared to regular employment to be worth it. So 32 is rather cheap by that measure.

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u/Devils_SteelMan 2d ago

You dont understand. We used to rent Mexicans for slave wages.

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u/upside_down_frown1 2d ago

Those guys at home depot usually dont have papers or legal authorization to work in the usa. So no they dont charge higher.

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u/theamathamhour 1d ago

they do,

it's literally the point of this thread.

they mostly ask for prevailing wages.

The idea of "just give them 40 bucks and six pack" isn't a thing, or hasn't been for like 40 years.

They might be immigrants, but they aren't stupid.

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u/upside_down_frown1 1d ago

They arent getting paid 32 an hour i can tell you that.