3.4 - Web Design Contract
Your assignment is to write a basic business letter in which you present the pros and cons of working as either a contractor or as an employee. Please review this website Owl Purdue for directions on how to format a business letter and for examples.
The scenario
You are a university student who has been studying computer science and you are home for the summer looking for a temporary job in your field. A local retail store has offered to hire you to create a new website that can be used for e-commerce. He goes over the scope of this task with you. You tell him that it will take you about 200 hours. You negotiate a wage of $20 per hour. He agrees to put you on the payroll for a definite term of five weeks. You agree to work for 40 hours per week in the office at the back of the store for this time.
Shortly before you start, the employer phones you with an offer. He can contract you to create the website. You will invoice him for the $4000 when you have completed the task that you have already agreed to. You tell him that you will think about it and get back to him.
Your task
Write a list of the pros and cons of working as a contractor in this situation as well as a list of the pros and cons of working as an employee of the store. Then write a basic business letter to the store owner explaining your choice with all of the legal reasons behind your decision. Talking about the legal aspect of the two situations and how that factors into the two different scenarios is vital to this assignment.
You might need to do some research beyond the materials provided in the course. If you do, be sure to include a work cited list for all sources used.
Please note:
All direct quotes and instances of paraphrasing need to be cited correctly in the APA format. Any time you reference any materials outside of the course you need to add a reference to the list at the end of the assignment.
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