As an Independant Contractor - not an employee - they hire me to get a job accomplished. How I go about accomplishing that job is up to me. If they try to dictate how I am going to do it, they will have to hire me as an employee.
If they chose to hire me because I have a BGC from (*&^*& Assn, they can do that. If they chose to not hire my because my BGC is from Lexisnexis, NotRot or Bozo the Clown, that is their perogative. Do you tell your CPA how to dress while he/she is doing your taxes? Do you tell them what associations they HAVE to belong to in order to do your taxes? No, you can choose to do business with a CPA because they are a member of a certain organization, or you can choose to not do business with them because they do not belong to that certain organization. BUT... how far do you think you are going to get if you go in and tell them that they HAVE to join that organization before you will give them your business? Not very far in my opinion.
My .02 |
