@Dashrender said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
Is there something producing carbon monoxide in server closets?
...and it doesn't have to be in the closet. for example, if you have a cracked heat exchange in your gas fired furnace, you will pump (blow) CO throughout the entire HVAC system, no matter how far those vents go.....:)
There's never any harm in being cautious, prudent, or safe. Buy a Kidde and plug it in a wall outlet.
@scottalanmiller said in W2, the IRS Test, and Who Do I Work For?:
when a union gets involved and peoples' values are no longer evaluated
uh oh!
@scottalanmiller said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
It's really clear, in that situation, that even as a full time, on site, W2, senior position, that it wasn't my main job.
You're different from most. 
@scottalanmiller said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
side jobs are either "outside of your field", "lower career position", or "just a hobby", or "just for the money - e.g. job not career."
Assuming this discussion all started in the IT industry, and trying to keep my thoughts applicable to the IT industry, I can say whole heartedly and with great certainty, that around here, most "Side" jobs are absolutely in the same field as the regular job.
@scottalanmiller said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
@JasGot said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
We have MANY PEOs as customers so I am quite well versed in how you can work for one company under the general principles of "employment" while legally being employed by someone else.
Oh no, legally it's all the same. Getting a W2 from company X doesn't imply that they are your employer. The W2 means you have an employer, but the issuer of a W2 isn't necessarily that employer.
But who you work for under general principles and who you work for legally are the same company.
Perhaps, but I was again making a comment based on your words.
@scottalanmiller said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
A weird quirk of Wall St. is that often the bank is your true legal employer, but the W2 comes from another firm. We had to know the IRS 20 point employment list well working in that sector because they would often try to play "you don't really work for us" games when you did, in fact, work for the bank. It got super complex.
Getting involved with the work back home has also become so much easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be.
My wife and I are in Europe several times a year for one to three weeks at a time. In the 90's, before cellular companies were large enough to have a global footprint, I would often return with a $2,000 - $3,000 phone bill from spending time on the phone with issues here. No that I can roam globally without any change to my cellular plan/bill, and can remote control from anywhere, there is basically no financial downside to working while on vacation.
Just the stress of family staring at you while you continue to say "one more minute, please".
Of course, now, a tablet on my lap in the passenger seat allows me to take care of these things without delaying individual event while on vacation. 
@scottalanmiller said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
So that makes it even blurrier if you want to know TRUE employers. Yes I had multiple W2s, and yes I was double full time, but also the people for whom I was employed was not the people who provided the W2s, lol. A weird quirk of Wall St. is that often the bank is your true legal employer, but the W2 comes from another firm. We had to know the IRS 20 point employment list well working in that sector because they would often try to play "you don't really work for us" games when you did, in fact, work for the bank. It got super complex.
Yes, this is another scenario, that would warrant a further discussion on my quick and simple explanation about why I don't look at people who are so proud of their "side business". We have MANY PEOs as customers so I am quite well versed in how you can work for one company under the general principles of "employment" while legally being employed by someone else.
The whole concept of a PEO owning your staff and leasing them back to you is strange, but it is happening all over.
@scottalanmiller said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
I'm the exception with two FULL TIME W2 jobs, but multiple W2 jobs was common. W2 doesn't imply full time.
I was just applying my policy to your words. Not to every possible scenario that may exist.
@scottalanmiller said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
But that conflicts with what you said above. I've had multiple W2 jobs for decades. Even when I worked on Wall St I had two full time jobs. Even when I was at the sovereign trust.
@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
@Dashrender the shorter way to say this is “I would rather fix a simple problem now than a disaster in a week”
15 minutes extra in the house today while on vacation beats the heck out of 36 hours straight next week when I am back in town!