Nowadays many people choose to be self-employed, rather than to work for a company or organisation. Why might this be the case? What could be the disadvantages of being self-employed?

Over the

last

few decades, the

number

of freelancers has been increasing as opposed to full-time employees globally. I will examine

reasons

Suggestion

the reasons

for

this

phenomenon and arising drawbacks from

this

tendency. The foremost reasons contributing to the increasing

number

of self-employed inhabitants are flexible working hours and the development of the internet. In terms of workload, more and more folks prefer to opt a free schedule of

work

, which is not regulated by laws that means it is not necessary to start

work

from 9 to 5 or even

work

full-time.

For example

, a plethora of people has opted to

work

only three times per week. Concerning the evolution of social media, the growing

number

of websites and programmes has created many workplaces for programmers and web designers, who will usually have an opportunity to

work

at home, if they desire.

On the other hand

, the tendency of the growing

number

of self-employed persons could lead to several problems.

Firstly

, the most acute issue that these people ought to be more responsible for themselves.

In other words

, they have to pay monthly taxes from their income, health insurance. The

next

major obstacle that the biggest part of freelancers works at home and

this

can cause many psychological troubles, namely isolation from other persons and loneliness.

For instance

, statistically, every

third

person working at home

suffer

Suggestion

suffers

from singleness. In conclusion, the main causes of opting to become self-employed are freedom and opportunities on account of the development of technologies.

However

,

this

trend has brought about many disadvantages: loneliness and bigger responsibility for their day-to-day lives.