Accounting for time working as a 1099 contractor

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August 4,2022 at 11:44AM UTC

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Accounting for time working as a 1099 contractor

If you worked as a 1099 contractor for a company before they hired you as an FTE, do you count that time as having worked at the company?

I worked for one year as a 1099 contractor for a company - reason being was that it was more income. I transitioned to FTE a year later. Is it normal/acceptable to wrap that one year as a 1099 contractor into the total duration of time worked at the company?

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Lorna Rose, J.D., M.S.August 4,2022 at 12:57PM UTC
In general, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with doing that. It ultimately depends, however, on why you’re asking. Are you asking with regard to your resume, or with regard to a policy that now applies to you as a FTE (ex: after X years with the company, you’re entitled to some benefit).
If it’s the former, it wouldn’t be wrong to integrate that year’s worth of freelancing into your overall summary of work with the company. If it’s something like the latter, I’d ask the company to put it in writing if they will count your 1099 work as “time with the company.”
If your question is more related to how you’d like to describe yourself professionally, the way I see it is “I’ve been with my company for 5 years this June” vs. “I’ve been with my company for 5 years this June, first as a freelancer and then as a FTE” is just a matter of detail that isn’t necessarily significant. Again, it all depends on context!
AnonymousAugust 4,2022 at 1:18PM UTC
I think your final paragraph hits the nail on the head. My concern is that I know how I see it but it is the first time that I was a 1099 contractor and I don't want a future company to see it as me misrepresenting myself in my cv.
Lorna Rose, J.D., M.S.August 4,2022 at 11:48PM UTC
Ahhh gotcha, that makes sense! In that case, no need to stress about it until you find yourself in a position of needing to send your CV to another company; whatever hypothetical job you’d be submitting for should guide you in the best way to present your work history :)
Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistAugust 5,2022 at 1:42AM UTC
It depends on what you're providing this info for.
If it's on a resume/LinkedIn profile - I would go ahead and combine it. It's really just an issue of who was doing your payroll.
Or you can list it as something like:
XYZ COMPANY
Project Manager
2020 to Present - permanent
2019 - on Contract through XYZ contracting company (or just On Contract)
If it's for something like an employment verification, make sure you break it up because you want the dates to match.
Please let me know if you have any questions.