You'll find almost no big companies are going to deal directly with a one person shop. I used to be able to do it all the time, now they a) don't want the hassle of dealing with a 1-person company, and 2) they don't want the risk of having you reclassified as an employee after they have been paying you as a contractor - you can thank the IRS (in the USA) for that one.
> they don't want the risk of having you reclassified as an employee after they have been paying you as a contractor - you can thank the IRS (in the USA) for that one.
Can you or anyone who knows provide more context about this? I had no idea this was a thing, how recently did this become a thing?
It's always been a thing, but it's been a very high profile thing when it turned out "ride share" apps actually had a lot more control over the drivers than they should have.
Look up "permatemps" and you will see articles going back decades about companies using contractors that are actually some other company's w2 employees.
