Nowadays many people choose to be
self-employed, rather than to work for a company or organization. Why might this be the case? What could be the disadvantages of being self-employed? |
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These
days, a lot of people are fond of having their own business and focusing on
the upsides of self-employment. However, there are arguments against those
people’s viewpoints in which a small business usually creates several risks. In
this essay, the advantages and drawbacks of running self-business will be discussed.
Some
people feel that being self-employed has immense benefits. First of all, owners
are able to make their decision not only progressively but also expeditely as
they indulge to take risks to expand their business. For example, there is one
of the largest companies in the world, so-called ‘Virgin Empire’. When he embarked
to the industry as an owner of the Virgin Record, ran his business as well as
collaborated with other companies aggressively. Now, he has hug companies, including
‘Virgin Atlantic’, ‘Virgin Media’ and ‘Virgin Australia’ and so on. In his
memoir, he said the key factor of his success in the business was, he could
make his decision firmly and decisively as the owner of a small company.
Thus, he also added that if he was one of employees, he would have not accomplished
the historical success. What is more, owners are able to have flexibilities
on their work schedule. Therefore, if people hire themselves, they do not have to
be commuters anymore but avoid rush-hours. However,
self-employment’s drawbacks also can be suggested. One is that, their scarcities
of the latest information compared to the conglomerate can be a weakness. Because
massive companies usually have lots of supporters and connections, the up-to-date
information that big organizations can collect is much better than that of small
companies. The other reason can be that behemoth’s affiliates may become immense
threats. For example, as innumerable employees work for international firms such
as Amazon and Google, they pursue their business in diverse dimensions. Thereupon,
Amazon launched the grocery delivery service platform named ‘Amazon prime’, the
helicopter courier service and so forth. Thanks to the remarkable development
in technologies, Google commenced Google Translator Service, hence, freelancer
interpreters who hire themselves might have lesser opportunities in their
work compared to the past. Conglomerates’ financial forte, fame and positive public
cognitions might bring vast difficulties to the people who run their SME (Small-Medium
Enterprise). To condense,
although self-employment has a lot of benefits such as flexibilities in business,
it also has the downsides owing to big companies’ tremendous connections,
manifold workers and the business know-how. Therefore, they may conquer the industries which
small companies’ owners contribute to. |
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