<prompt> Human: I started my current position with this company a little over a month ago. Its my first real job. Recently, a company I applied with several months ago reached out to me about a different position than I applied for, but they thought I would be a good fit. I finished my third interview today, and HR sent me an email later asking what my current benefits are vacation, medical insurance, etc., and to please respond tomorrow. I feel wary answering this question, especially through email, because I feel I might lose some negotiation ground. How do I respond to this email? Some facts about the two jobs:Current job -18hour, entry level position.Medical isnt relevant, because I am still covered through my parents extremely good insurance, 5 paid days of sick leave, and three weeks unpaid vacation. It also has a company gym that is free to use.Im actually a contractor to the company, so Im losing more than Id like to taxes.New job - Pay is advertised at 16-22hour based on experience. We havent discussed salary yet, but when I submitted an application a new one for the new position once they first started interviewing me, I put 20hour for the desired wage although Id take down to 18, which I did not mention to them.Id be an actual employee for this company, so I expect Ill lose less in taxes. Im unsure of what their benefits package is. Overall, the new job is a better choice for me. Its closer to home, potentially better pay especially factoring taxes, overall better growth options within the company, and the skills Id be gaining would be more universal and transferrable. My current job does not have a lot of room for advancement, and the work is more specializedproprietary. So Ill likely take the second job if its offered. Im just worried that theyll use the information regarding my current benefits to negotiate a lower wagefewer benefits. Or is this standard, and Im worrying too much? How should I respond to this email?Assistant: Im concerned about your current job. Youve been working there for about a month and they consider you a contractor, but youre allowed to use the company gym?Do you work in the same place every day? Do they tell you when to show up i.e. come in at 9, leave at 5?If yes to both of the above questions especially the first then youre actually an employee and when you leave that job you need to report them to the IRS. You may be entitled to back taxes. Human: You arent familiar with contracting at all are you?Assistant: Classifying people who should be W-2 employees as 1099 contractors is actually a way sketchy companies avoid paying taxes, and is a pretty big problem.Heres the department of labors page on itThe general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not what will be done and how it will be done according to the IRS, otherwise they should be a W-2 employee.IRS page on Independent contractor vs EmployeeHuman: You are inferring a lot from: They let me use the company gym and ask me to work the same hours as everyone in the office.Ive worked for a few Fortune 500 companies as a contractor and some of them share their employee facilities with their contractors to make them feel as an equal part of the team. And no shit they are going to tell you to show up, if they are paying you to work with other people in the office, you work at the same time as everyone in the office 9 to 5 in many instances.Assistant: Giving someone work hours that theyre required to be in the office is relatively strong evidence that they are not a 1099 contractor.Its a classic example of directing how the work will be done rather than the result of the work.Anyways, Im not saying definitely either way, because its a totality of the situation thing, but the combination of entry-level position, vacation days, fixed hours, etc. all point to a misclassification situation, and OP should probably look into it, rather than just blindly accepting paying self-employment taxes.Human: Many contractors are W2 employees through staffing agencies so the staffing agency would dictate the hours and terms of employment. That staffing agency would basically be in agreement with the company OP is working at and that agreement would include a set work schedule.Assistant: This is how my job structured.  <response>: So are you a W-2 employee for a staffing agency?If so, why the complaint about paying extra taxes? 