▶ Your Answer : The reading passage contends that self-employed has been increasing these days because of some advantages. On the other hands, The lecturer brings up several points that contradict this arguments. First, the speaker argues that the self-employed has been decreasing recently. To be specific, fewer people start their business than in the past. Because in first 5-10 years they close their business so it's lower chance to survive than employees working at companies. Especially when the economy isn't good, this is more severe. This casts doubt on the reading which states that fluctuation of the economy affects people not safe as workers of corporations. second, according to the lecturer, when you own your business you should pay more money for perks. For example, when you work at a company, they pays 50 percent of your tax for medicare and social security. However, when you run your own company, you have to pay 100 percent of them. This refutes the reading passage's assertion that benefits are not attractive to employees anymore. the final point made by the lecturer is that self-employment does have less freedom compared to employees. Once you became a boss, you should take care of all paper works regarding local business licenses or bureaucracy works which are burdensome to handle. Therefore the owner of a company should have more responsibility for the company. This is counters the writer's claim that self-employment has more freely when they work. |