What's the typical pay difference when going from contract to perm? [more inside]
posted by mgarnhum on Aug 27, 2009 - 10 answers

CA Labor Law: A friend has been demoted from salaried to hourly after giving notice. Is this illegal? He thinks there may have been a law passed a few years ago banning a salary to hourly demotion. True? [more inside]
posted by jenmakes on Jul 9, 2009 - 7 answers

Freelance web designers - what factors do you use to estimate the number of hours you'll spend on a project? I'm looking for examples of reasonable rough estimates (based on scope). [more inside]
posted by Fifi Firefox on Jul 7, 2009 - 7 answers

I believe my company, a government contractor, is using alot of grey areas in their employee time cards to get away with paying as little as possible. For example, I am listed with them as "salary", which by my understanding would mean I get x amount of payment per pay period. However, they still have everyone fill out a time card, and pay us per the hours we have worked. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 27, 2008 - 14 answers

What time/project management software or sites might be able to help me view my week in hourly clumps and allow me to check off completed tasks or monitor their success? I've tried a number of GTD services, but none of them has been quite right, so I'm looking for suggestions. [more inside]
posted by metalheart on Nov 29, 2008 - 6 answers

Standard price for designing a banner ad in the UK? [more inside]
posted by nímwunnan on Sep 1, 2008 - 6 answers

In Manhattan: affordable evening and/or weekend meeting room rental, by the hour / by the day? [more inside]
posted by kalapierson on Aug 5, 2008 - 8 answers

Everyone in my department at work (desktop publishing) is paid overtime except me (I'm salaried) and we all have the same job title and responsibilities. Is this legal? [more inside]
posted by boognish on May 26, 2008 - 10 answers

What's it like to do interview for an hourly position at Google? To work there as a worker bee? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 20, 2008 - 4 answers

I don't really want to be a waiter. So, where are all the night jobs for professionals, like legal proofreading, in Washington, DC? [more inside]
posted by parmanparman on Mar 6, 2008 - 7 answers