I started a 2 month contract position on Friday to support a company that needed some temp IT help while going through system changes. I really need the income from this position, because without income I'm weeks away from being completely destitute.
The position is $30 an hour through a contracting firm, but so far it has more red flags than the grand opening at Target. So far:
-I haven't gotten the SoW.
-I got a “Contract Offer Agreement” which seems to just say that I'm going to get an SoW with details.
-They are going to pay me through Zelle or CashApp??
-They had no idea where the client wanted me on the first day.
-It took them 3 tries to get the COA to me without glaring errors, and the one they finally sent me didn't have a fillable field for the signature so I physically couldn't sign it
-They had the phone number for our POC wrong, so we got to spend 30 minutes sitting in a lobby, confused.
-They had the address we needed to report to on the first day incorrect. It was only 5 minutes away, but it wasn't the location listed in previous conversations.
-I've still never had any meeting to discuss the position, just a screening by the client and a short phone call.
I am so utterly lost. I feel like we should be considered employees for these two months, and that this is a tax dodge. I can't just not do the position, I'm too desperate for the money. Any suggestions?
For reference, our COA:
