>I am changing employers in a couple weeks. My current employer will need me to work on a part-time basis after I start my new job.
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>I had expected to go 1099 but they have suggested that they would prefer to have me stay on the payroll as a part-time employee.
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>Is there any downside to moving to part-time vs. moving to be independent? I assume I will have a smaller tax burden if I stay as an employee. I will need to negotiate the new rate either way.
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>Patrick,
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>Are you positive that that any arrangement with your old employer doesn't place you in breach of any employment contract with your new employer?
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>There are many other things to consider - though your old company may say that won't do it - what if they try to contact you during the day? Any contract with your old company needs to spell out that you're only available during specific times.
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>If you want my personal opinion - don't do either. You can offer to help (answer questions, look up lines of code, stuff like that)....but don't perform actual work. I don't know if you're married and/or have kids, but that makes it even more difficult.
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>Kevin

I'm not sure I agree, Keven. I think those are good points on the contractual agreement and availability, but I have had multiple contracts and really not had an issue. Definately never use the new company phone/email/pc to do anything for the other one - big no-no there - but as long as you can handle both and the old one understands the arrangement, I say go for it. You can always bow out later. Maybe because some of mine was easily done outside regular business hours made a difference though.