[jasonkester]

This is one of those situations that Contracting takes care of so nicely. It solves every one of those problems in the exact same way.

- Vacation: None. But they pay you enough that you can sort it out on your own.

- Paid Holidays: None. But they pay you enough that you can sort it out on your own.

- Health Care: None. But they pay you enough that you can sort it out on your own.

- Free Meals: None. But they pay you enough that you can sort it out on your own.

If you want to ramp down from 40 hours to 30 hours when you're on a contract, you simply do so. You'll find your pay adjusts accordingly but you still have plenty extra to take care of all those above items.