On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
2009/8/27 Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org>rg>:
I'm not convinced Halprin is even employed by
the Omidyar Network.
According to the website, he is a partner. Partners aren't employees.
I think partners usually are employees, just ones with a stake in the
business.
You're probably not an accountant who has kept the books of partnerships,
then (at least not in the US). By law, partners are not employees.
Payments received by partners for services rendered are "guaranteed
payments", not "wages".
"Partner" has different meanings. A partner in a partnership is as you
describe. A partner is a large (often public) company like a bank is
just a title for a high ranking employee. I think we are talking at
cross purposes. If Matt is a partner in the context of a partnership,
then you are correct, although I don't think the exact nature of his
legal relationship with Omidyar is relevant.