In the midst of the current globalised world being employed is a necessity to thrive. However, while a number of people are
making to choice to leave their corporate jobs and become self employed in the hopes of gaining some flexibility and
fulfill an ambition of theirs, it can become a bit time consuming and creates unnecessary risks.
The choice of working for oneself can be caused by a couple of reasons. First, employees would love to feel the freedom
and flexibility present in their every day working life. Whether it being their own boss, allowing themselves to have
flexible working hours during the day. For example, a self-employed person could take a 2-hour luch break instead of
only 1 and make use of the time pocket to run some errands to catch up with a friends. Wanting to fulfill a personal
ambition of leading a successful person business could be another reason deriving their choice. This could be due
to the fact that the company’s goals and ethics weren’t aligning with their own professional goals.
However, despite the mentioned benefits, self-employment could result in some drawbacks. For instance, running a solo
business is not a piece of cake, If a person is running an online clothing store for example, they’ll need to be
availabe at all times in case a problem with the website occured or a batch of a certain garment was produced in the
wrong size. Moreover, the burden of working for oneself will definitely come with risks. Being
self-employed means that there is no one around to give you direction or guide you on what you should do in certain
situations and when the business grows, you’ll be responsible for a group of employees. The financial burden that comes with
that is inevitable, especially knowing that the growth rate at the start will be infinitesimal, meaning the person will need
to give more than they’ll take in addition to giving out monthly salaries.
To sum up, although working on your own offers a great deal of flexibility and making ambitions real, it will surely come with a some
obstacles such as consuming time and putting everything at risk.