Contract templates for hiring freelancers (developers)?

[cannon999]

Freelancers are individuals rather than companies. The QDOS templates are more tailored toward companies. But maybe I should just stop being lazy and edit the template to what I need...

[cannon999]

Yeah I use the template you linked for my contract with the client but I need something also for the freelancers that I hire....

[cannon999]

Just wondering if somebody could point me in the direction of some templates. Currently I hire someone from abroad to do some development for me for my current client. I don't have anything in writing - more of a pay as you go deal but thinking of having something in writing just in case any IR35 points...

[cannon999]

How long have you had the company runnig before they came knocking on the door?...

[cannon999]

Diabolical.

A client would have to replace me with 10 permies to get the same amount of work done not to mention the likelyhood of it being the same quality is very low. The reality is that some contractors are x10 better than permies. That's why there is a premium. I have been at the same...

[cannon999]

Nonsense....

[cannon999]

Service = work done/provided. IT contractors sell a software development service. Whether that's time and materials or fixed price - it's still a service....

[cannon999]

Accept the counter offer. In 6 months start looking for another role for even more money. At some point I upped my salary from 30k to 50k within 2 years this way.

[cannon999]

Trading shares is gambling.

Investing is where it's at but if you are starting to do that at retirement age then what's the point? It takes 30+ years to scale up a portofolio.