Retrogeek42
Pampa,#2UPDATE Employee
Fri, January 16, 2009
To the rebuttal above: Yes, they take 10%, that's upfront. But several of your other points don't mirror my experience at all. I have about a 60% acceptance rate on my conditional offers. If I don't get what a job is worth, I let it go. Yes, some jobs go to the lowest bidder, but if someone else wants to drive 100 miles for a $60 ticket, that's their business, not mine. There will always be people unwilling to pay your price, it's best to let those people go. I have several buyers that route tickets to me right away, because they know I show up, ontime, and do the job. In a year and a half on OnForce, with over 35 jobs done for them, I have only had to block one buyer. I'd consider that a pretty good rate. I consider the 10% a bargain, as they route the tickets, take care of the billing, and process payments. On average, it takes me between 3-5 business days after a job is complete to get paid for a ticket and to have the money transferred to my bank account.
Dtm
Palm Springs,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, July 31, 2007
You asked what the law is for a sub contractor. Well being in business for over 15 years and also beening a sub contractor. The first thing is that you work for your self and a company is hiring you. Also once that company hires you as a sub contractor you are lible for the work not the company that hired you. Secound this is that when you work as a sub contractor you are working under your company and you need to file a w-9 with that company to get a 1099 misc. When a company ask you to tell there customer that you work for then then you are an emplyee of there company and that you should give then a w-4 for a w-2. So what I am telling you is that if someone tells you to say you are working for the company that hires you and you did something wrong they can not come after you since you are working under there name. Also note that when you are cashing out on the platform you are also needed to check the box that states that you are a sub contractor for Onforce. So when you are accepting work make sure the contract is right and the contract is with the company that is going thru Onfore and not Onforce it self. I am not an attorney but I had a problme in the past where I had to sign up with a third party to make sure that I was a sub contractor for the company that hired me.