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Poll: Should you work for yourself or take a full-time job?

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Re: Poll: Should you work for yourself or take a full-time job?

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Post by rawfan »

Worked for myself for two decades. While I enjoyed the freedom, it has its downsides (e.g. no sick pay).

I work for a large corporation now and enjoy it a lot. Strong unions ensure good pay and great, family friendly working conditions. I even get days off for taking care of my kid (in full pay). I also enjoy working with colleagues. When I was self employed, I had occasional contractors / collaborators working with me on projects, but that’s not the same as loyal colleagues who always have your back.

Most importantly, as others here stated, do something you love.

Re: Poll: Should you work for yourself or take a full-time job?

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Post by UltraViolence »

moritonal wrote: post #89
UltraViolence wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But how would you manage such a company? It's difficult enough having a management team and board of directors running the show. If everyone in the company has a say it may become unworkable. Interested in responses.

Coops are a thing, at least in the UK. The gist is it works like any other company, everyone simply owns a share of it, and according to some rules some have more tha others. Management is still like a normal company, as is pay and everything else. Its simply dividends are paid to everyone who works there.

But this implies they won't be able to secure money from investors to grow their company. They can only borrow or sell bonds.
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