government tax credits for hiring someone? tell me more.
I mean, yeah, I agree with you, for unskilled work, an intern is often the best option. I have my sister doing that work for me; I know that she's extremely responsible, and I trust her with my bank account, something I'd have a hard time doing with another random intern.
but actually, hiring people locally is a fairly large pain in the ass, unless you are willing to ignore the law when it comes to contractor/employee classification. (and really, that law is such that nearly all 'contractor' jobs I've had have been technically misclassified... illegal. But, if you want to work, you get used to working illegally. I'm doing my damnedest right now to not hire illegally, but it's real work.)
I've personally just gotten myself an office, so I've got to make my SysAdmin an actual employee now rather than a contractor, as he's actually working in my office rather than just working from home when he feels like it.
As far as I can tell, the government isn't giving me any breaks for this; far from it. I've gotta calculate and pay all kinds of taxes that I didn't have to worry about before. Granted, now my former contractor is going to have to pay fewer taxes, so it's not all bad. I mean, my accountant just deals with that sort of thing without spending my time on it, and I'm better equipped to maintain an accountant than my SysAdmin is, but still... especially if I didn't have an accountant, hiring a foreign contractor is much lower overhead than hiring a local.
I mean, yeah, I agree with you, for unskilled work, an intern is often the best option. I have my sister doing that work for me; I know that she's extremely responsible, and I trust her with my bank account, something I'd have a hard time doing with another random intern.
but actually, hiring people locally is a fairly large pain in the ass, unless you are willing to ignore the law when it comes to contractor/employee classification. (and really, that law is such that nearly all 'contractor' jobs I've had have been technically misclassified... illegal. But, if you want to work, you get used to working illegally. I'm doing my damnedest right now to not hire illegally, but it's real work.)
I've personally just gotten myself an office, so I've got to make my SysAdmin an actual employee now rather than a contractor, as he's actually working in my office rather than just working from home when he feels like it.
As far as I can tell, the government isn't giving me any breaks for this; far from it. I've gotta calculate and pay all kinds of taxes that I didn't have to worry about before. Granted, now my former contractor is going to have to pay fewer taxes, so it's not all bad. I mean, my accountant just deals with that sort of thing without spending my time on it, and I'm better equipped to maintain an accountant than my SysAdmin is, but still... especially if I didn't have an accountant, hiring a foreign contractor is much lower overhead than hiring a local.