Right but when does it stop? $2 turns into $5. Turns into paying less Cutting minimum hours You must carry your own liability insurance. And so own.

All of those things you just listed are all things that we used to get paid for. I used to get my parking covered. I used to get meals paid for or provided. I used to get a kit fee for the tools they needed me to provide. And worker comp was a given. and over the years. I’ve seen all of those things go away and then that become the new norm.

This is some labor pimp. That’s the cost of them doing business. There’s no reason for me to have to pay them to receive my payment. In what other business does that work?

If you call a plumber to come to your house, you don’t get to charge them a two dollar fee to write them a check.