Like Father Like Son

Actually in this instance it might be reversed. The division of Nokia my son works for is being sold. I just heard from a friend who does similiar work yesterday that I might be out of a job since the company I've been doing work for was being bought out by his company. This was hush hush news for a very short time.

Formerly, I was a full-time employee of the company being bought until the call volume dropped. At that time I was layed off and am still doing the same work for a Temp Agency doing the same jobs and have all the same responsibilities.

I just got off a conference call with the CEO of the new company and it sounds like it will be business as usual at least initially until Dec 31 and continue on Jan1 when they are taking over.

My company insider has already thrown my hat in the ring for me. So at least his supervisor knows who I am and has vouched for me and my skills at that level.  So while I still will be a temp, I'll be in a much better position to actually get hired and get my employee benefits back. I also have the CEO's email address to send a hire me pitch to.

Things allways work out as they are supposed to. One of the reasons I went the temp agency route was to keep control of managing my service area. It's kind of like being an incumbent. Working hard and doing a good job...will allways pay off. That keeps me inline for any employment considerations and the natural first choice when opportunity knocks.

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The one thing for both of us is: meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Business as usual, just a different name on the invoices. Lucky for you, you know who the buyer is and when it's going down. We still don't know any of that yet.Working hard and doing a good job has always done right by me, at least.
— PhoneBoy
Not sure exactly how this will go down, but apparently one of the techs in my area, they have been looking to get rid of for a while. Even though I am no longer physically working for the same firm at present, I am still doing thier contract work in the same area which maintained control of the available calls to run.
As a temp employee, I'm not slated to recieve the job offer packet...but, because of my toe in the door, I may get immediate consideration. This should work out to a larger call volume, more pay/call and get most of my mileage reimbursement back. Plus they give good bonuses to run some calls because of the location in addition to the base pay.
So I'll likey be back working harder, traveling more, but making more money.
— TechZilla
I would suspect as a contractor, you'd get a new contract to sign since it's basically a change in ownership. Of course, with the temp agency in the middle of this, you might not, but chances are they would have to. I know why companies do temp-to-perm, but I never quite understood why companies employ people as contractors that were previously employees. Companies end up paying more for contractors, even when you factor in things like benefits for employees.
— PhoneBoy
On more than one occation they regretted my layoff. No mechanism to pay me to help them out in other areas during shortages.
— TechZilla
Couldn't you work directly as a 1099? Then you can do whatever you'd want, but you'd have to file and pay all the various employment taxes directly. I guess that's the down side.
— PhoneBoy
I already do that actually but have income write offs as employee and business costs. I don't have to do quarterly that way. i do contract work off and on for several different companies but one in peticular that sends me a fair amount of work. I blend everything together to make a busy day. Often my work as an employee is paying the travel cost for my 1099 work (when I get mileage allowance that is).
— TechZilla
If you can combine jobs/trips, all the better! :)
— PhoneBoy
I have an old motorcycle that I don't even ride so I can write off my vehicle almost 100%. In other words I have another vehicle for personal use.
— TechZilla