--- title: When Do You Transition a W-9 Contractor to an Employee? description: We cover stress management, getting out of a partnership that doesn't work, and when to take a W-9 contractor and transition them to an employee. image: https://blog.anequim.net/hubfs/anequim-bootstrappers-when-do-you-transition-mike-mapes.jpg --- [![anequim-logo-horizontal-SM](https://blog.anequim.net/hs-fs/hubfs/anequim-logo-horizontal-SM.png?width=1201&height=310&name=anequim-logo-horizontal-SM.png "anequim-logo-horizontal-SM")](https://anequim.net/) Open main menu Close main menu - [What We Do](https://anequim.net/what-we-do/) - [Services](https://anequim.net/services/) - [About Us](https://anequim.net/about-us/) [Bootstrappers](https://blog.anequim.net/tag/bootstrappers) [Management](https://blog.anequim.net/tag/management) # When Do You Transition a W-9 Contractor to an Employee? ![Bootstrappers For Entrepreneurs - A podcast by Anequim LLC](https://blog.anequim.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Bootstrappers-profile-picture.jpg?width=45&name=Bootstrappers-profile-picture.jpg) [Bootstrappers For Entrepreneurs - A podcast by Anequim LLC](https://blog.anequim.net/author/bootstrappers-a-podcast-by-anequim-llc) [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://blog.anequim.net/when-do-you-transition-a-w-9-contractor-to-an-employee) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.anequim.net/when-do-you-transition-a-w-9-contractor-to-an-employee) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.anequim.net/when-do-you-transition-a-w-9-contractor-to-an-employee) ![anequim-bootstrappers-transition-w9-contractor-to-employee](https://blog.anequim.net/hubfs/anequim-bootstrappers-when-do-you-transition-mike-mapes.jpg) ## WHAT YOU WILL LEARN In this episode of Bootstrappers, we cover stress management, getting out of a business partnership that no longer works, and when it is time to take a W-9 contractor and transition them to an employee. 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