Freelance vs Permanent 2012
Freelance vs Permanent 2012
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- ETM0
When I left my work, rather than freelance for agencies, I setup shop at home and worked on getting steady clients. The best of both worlds, more steady work, more control over projects, but also more freedom. A decade later and still going strong (although grown).
But despite the quality money, the lack of things like benefits and retirement savings matching etc. by the employer is missed (in the pocket book). I would think it would be even more stressful in the U.S., having to pay for your own healthcare.
- @clearThoughts
I don't know, but I assume Germany also has public healthcare, like more countries.ETM - I was paying $450/month for the wife and I...and that only basically covered us at catastrophe level. ridiculous.lvl_13
- Brutal.ETM
- I pay $500/month. healthcare here in the US is a joke.woodyBatts
- I was just looking a tax brackets for CAN vs US and they are almost the same. Yet yanks always say how we're over-taxed.ETM
- taxed. In some cases, US citizens pay more federal tax than in Can.
http://en.wikipedia.…ETM - The US gives better breaks to married couples though.ETM
- @clearThoughts