SalesPharaoh

Senior Account Executive

Valued Contributor

Consultant VS Contractor job offers

Hey guys,

I wanted to ask whether you have experience siging with a company as a "consultant" usually you get paid more but you pay for your own social insurance and tax.

The contractor signing I guess yoh are still a full time employee with more rights.

I don't have much more knowledge about this and it can be different from one industry to another, and honestly I don't think recruiters who approach you may not have your best intentions at heart.

So I want to know how has been you experience if you had both? The reason im bringing this up is that I see opportunities to work for top tier companies but they don't have offices where I live and I don't know why they send you this consultant offer? I think the consultant the company can fire you without notice.

Cheers,

Your contract type, my current is "contractor" regardless if you work in consulting.

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MVP

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Global Director of Business Development

Hiring as a consultant could be for many reasons. But here is my 2 cents

i.e. If they hire you as a Contractor, it needs to be for a defined term(Start and End Date) and if they extend the contract, GovRevenue services might investigate to see if you're working as a "disguised full-time employee".

Being a contractor can be very helpful(tax-wise) if you run your profits/salary through a limited company. For the employer, however, it can get tricky if they are looking to employ you long-term. This means they would need to employ you permanently post the initial contract period by sending you an offer to be employed as a consultant/another title. This just gives them admin burden and risk of you going elsewhere.

They most likely want to employ you as a consultant as they can charge more for the services they consult you out for and so that you are considered a FTE from the start which keeps you with them. Also, they can let you go just as easily by claiming "Your services are no longer required anymore, thank you, Goodbye".

Being a contractor is better for you as an individual and being a consultant is better for the employer.

SalesPharaoh

Big Shot

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Senior Account Executive

Very well said a lawyer actually told me exactly the same thing

Blackwargreymon

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MDR

They most likely want to employ you as a consultant as they can charge more for the services they consult you out for and so that you are considered a FTE from the start which keeps you with them. Also, they can let you go just as easily by claiming "Your services are no longer required anymore, thank you, Goodbye".

MaximumRaizer

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Sales Manager

They most likely want to employ you as a consultant as they can charge more for the services they consult you out for and so that you are considered a FTE from the start which keeps you with them. Also, they can let you go just as easily by claiming "Your services are no longer required anymore, thank you, Goodbye".

Clashingsoulsspell

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ISR

Being a contractor can be very helpful(tax-wise) if you run your profits/salary through a limited company. For the employer, however, it can get tricky if they are looking to employ you long-term. This means they would need to employ you permanently post the initial contract period by sending you an offer to be employed as a consultant/another title.

MR.StretchISR

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ISR

Being a contractor can be very helpful(tax-wise) if you run your profits/salary through a limited company. For the employer, however, it can get tricky if they are looking to employ you long-term. This means they would need to employ you permanently post the initial contract period by sending you an offer to be employed as a consultant/another title. This just gives them admin burden and risk of you going elsewhere.

Mr.Floaty

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BDR

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