karohio
Jul 31, 2008, 03:11 PM
My daughter is 22 and just graduated from college. She got a job in New York City and moved there earlier this month. She did some work for the company when she was in college and the owner offered her a job when she graduated. She didn't look elsewhere and just accepted the job.
Background on the job: The first time she worked there in college, the firm was part of a huge mutli-billion dollar global company. The guy she worked for decided to go out on his own and separate from the huge company. The second time my daughter worked for him, he was on his own with a company of 5 employees.
She found an apartment that she is subleasing for the next two months. The lease is up 8/31 and the landlord wants her to sign a yearly lease and also pay first month, last month and security deposit (approx $3000) by Sept 1. My daughter emailed me and said she doesn't have $3000 and what should she do. I asked her a couple questions - like is 3 months security deposit normal? Of which she really didn't answer me.
The next day, she emailed me again. Apparently, the company she works for "doesn't have a payroll system set up yet" and they can either pay her as a subcontractor for 2 months (of which she would have to pay additional taxes - employer portion) or she can wait until September when they figure out how to pay her as an employee. She asked me what to do.
Since I have an accounting background, I explained (in a short answer I thought) about the tax portion of it and how she would be making less money this way because she has to pay more taxes. I also suggested that she be assertive and tell them she wants to paid like an employee with taxes taken out (which isn't really hard to do). I also suggested that maybe she look for another job with a company that can pay her on time.
She emailed back to me that I don't understand and now she's not going to ask me anymore questions.
What did I do wrong? She's my only daughter and I feel like she is alienating me. I'm very upset.
Background on the job: The first time she worked there in college, the firm was part of a huge mutli-billion dollar global company. The guy she worked for decided to go out on his own and separate from the huge company. The second time my daughter worked for him, he was on his own with a company of 5 employees.
She found an apartment that she is subleasing for the next two months. The lease is up 8/31 and the landlord wants her to sign a yearly lease and also pay first month, last month and security deposit (approx $3000) by Sept 1. My daughter emailed me and said she doesn't have $3000 and what should she do. I asked her a couple questions - like is 3 months security deposit normal? Of which she really didn't answer me.
The next day, she emailed me again. Apparently, the company she works for "doesn't have a payroll system set up yet" and they can either pay her as a subcontractor for 2 months (of which she would have to pay additional taxes - employer portion) or she can wait until September when they figure out how to pay her as an employee. She asked me what to do.
Since I have an accounting background, I explained (in a short answer I thought) about the tax portion of it and how she would be making less money this way because she has to pay more taxes. I also suggested that she be assertive and tell them she wants to paid like an employee with taxes taken out (which isn't really hard to do). I also suggested that maybe she look for another job with a company that can pay her on time.
She emailed back to me that I don't understand and now she's not going to ask me anymore questions.
What did I do wrong? She's my only daughter and I feel like she is alienating me. I'm very upset.