h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

No not yet I've got a lot of people coming to me to do freelance work. Plus a ton of leads. I have a paycheck coming on June 1st for regular salary for the month of May (we get paid once a month). Then we have three more paychecks coming on June 1st as our severance pay (for June, July and August). Then a 5th check sometime in June for our bonuses for the months of April and May (we all get quarterly incentive bonuses). And on top of that WD-40 has asked me to work through the month of June for them at my regular salary, and I get a 20% bonus if I stay the whole month. And my boss has leased the building to W-40 for 6 months, so I can keep all of my computer equipment there and work from there (rent free) until he sells the building. Did I mention that WD-40 is going to give me/or work out a deal for me to keep my Mac, 21" monitor, professional scanner, printer, wacom tablet and all my art programs? So really I can start freelancing with hardly any cash output! So things are looking up! Plus, I'll go ahead and send my resume around. There's a firm here in town that handles placement and/or freelance work for artists, marketing people, etc.

That's awesome! You could also probably set up a home office and find something that allows you to telecommute. It's kind of like the best of both worlds.. full benefits of a large company but no office to deal with..

Well if I go full tilt freelancing for myself, then I'll have to get an "Individual" insurance plan for myself and my daughter , pay double taxes to social security, etc. Or maybe I could find a company that I only have to work 30 hours a week at, get insurance, and will be able to freelance on the side. However, it all depends on what I find out from WD-40 over the next few weeks. They'll need to let me know approximately how much work they're thinking of sending my way, so that I can make appropriate plans. I'm working on a flyer for them now.

the taxes and bennies portion are a major POA of self-employment... my mom handled that area for my step when he was in the self-employed world and said it was incredibly annoying... and don't forget retirement planning...

PIA...

PIA
Pay in advance?
Put in avater?
Pain in...oh

pylon includes arboreum

what job do you do

pylon what???

Pylon the chocolate sauce, of course.

Huh? (she retorts as a witty comeback)

OOOOOO, nice comeback!! ::sigh:: I wish I could think of comebacks like that...

What? (they just keep rolling out... how DOES she do it?)

the question on *everyones* lips

* looks bemused *

* so nothing new there *

I was gonna ask a totally different question actually, but it fell off my lips so I won't....

* still confused and wondering what the question was and if they are waiting for her to answer *

*picks the broken pieces of the question off the floor and tries to put them back on PS with Super Glue*

* watches for the question to form *

Mmmmmph...Mmmmmph...grrrrhhhhggggmmmmmppphhh...

More sauce PS?