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veunes 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What being ripped off taught me

This is all correct in principle, but in practice it's a lot messier

nradov 3 months ago | [–]

It doesn't have to be messy. A lot of the messiness is self inflicted by contractors who are desperate for work and would be better of just getting a regular employee job instead.

notnaut 3 months ago | [–]

I can imagine the type of work you do heavily influences the chance of begin paid during/before work finishes too…

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