Independent contractor agreements are not inherently contracts of adhesion.However, as is the case with any other type of agreement, if there is a substantial disparity of bargaining power, an independent contractor agreement can be a contract of adhesion.For example, I have reviewed, on behalf of several of my service-provider clients, Googleu2019s and Microsoftu2019s independent contractor agreements. Google and Microsoft do not negotiate the terms of those agreements. So, in effect, those are contracts of adhesion. If my client wants to do business with one of those companies, my client must agree to those terms.Those companies will, though, permit - to a limited extent - additional or different terms in a Statement of Work under the agreement. This means that, in each case, my client has been able to specify, in the SOW, changes that made the terms work for my client.Finally, I will note that although Google and Microsoft insist on their standard terms, those terms are not terribly one-sided. Those companies apparently want to protect themselves, but not overly burden their procurement processes.