Assignment: Essay question: If you were offered a position with a company which would allow you to take the position as either a W$2$ employee or an independent contractor as a 'consultant' explain which one you would choose under these circumstances and why:

The job pays $$100,000$ per year paid monthly. One month vacation for both $1099$ & W$2.$ Job stability is equal regardless of which option you choose. No other benefits beyond what is required by Federal Law. You are in the $25\%$ income tax bracket. You have to commute fifty miles to the employer's workplace $($travel costs on you$)$ and you must do so every day Monday thru Friday to get water samples needed to do your job. As a W$2$ employee you will have to share laboratory space with a real nerd who you don't like working with. You have a similar lab in your basement. You are a control freak and don't like being told how to do things and when to do them. It is given that there is no difference in job stabiltiy between taking this job as $1099$ or W$2.$

At least once a week you have to travel to the client sites $($employer paid travel$)$ which are in the deep jungle and the chances of injury and contracting diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are a concern. Ten percent of prior employees have died or been permanently disabled from these health threats. Its a dangerous and exciting