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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8982499" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Speaking as someone who has done contract work (as a software dev, but same concept), you frequently get no benefits other than a check.&nbsp; That can work out if you're covered otherwise, but the norm is you get a paycheck and that's it.&nbsp; It will be a bigger check than if you got benefits, but that's it.&nbsp; I'm just not sure what people expect WOTC to provide.&nbsp; This is someone who could have worked on a WOTC project full time for 6 months or someone who did a few hours of work, we have no idea.&nbsp; What, exactly are they supposed to provide?&nbsp; A PDF or list of support groups that you could google yourself?&nbsp; A list of other contractors that potentially violates their privacy?If you're doing contract work, you accept certain risks in order to get a bigger paycheck, to get experience you could not otherwise get, perhaps to have more flexibility than you would have at a full time job.&nbsp; One of those risks, sadly, is that anonymous posters on the internet can be truly horrible.&nbsp; It kind of comes with the gig.&nbsp; That's incredibly unfair and unfortunate, but I just don't see how there's anything that WOTC could do that would substantively fix it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8982499, member: 6801845"] Speaking as someone who has done contract work (as a software dev, but same concept), you frequently get no benefits other than a check. That can work out if you're covered otherwise, but the norm is you get a paycheck and that's it. It will be a bigger check than if you got benefits, but that's it. I'm just not sure what people expect WOTC to provide. This is someone who could have worked on a WOTC project full time for 6 months or someone who did a few hours of work, we have no idea. What, exactly are they supposed to provide? A PDF or list of support groups that you could google yourself? A list of other contractors that potentially violates their privacy? If you're doing contract work, you accept certain risks in order to get a bigger paycheck, to get experience you could not otherwise get, perhaps to have more flexibility than you would have at a full time job. One of those risks, sadly, is that anonymous posters on the internet can be truly horrible. It kind of comes with the gig. That's incredibly unfair and unfortunate, but I just don't see how there's anything that WOTC could do that would substantively fix it. [/QUOTE]

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