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?

The workforces of modern society now have more choices to earn
living
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a living
, including working at
home
as self-employees
instead
of forcing themselves to work
in
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with
companies or organisations.
This
is a new trend and there must be many reasons as well as
pros
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the pros
and cons of the decision. One fundamental base for the self-employed people is the development of technology, especially super effective and
androit
an open-source operating system used for smartphones and tablet computers
Android
android
computers or laptops we have nowadays. Thanks to the internet and advanced computers, new types of job arose
such
as digital marketers, information technology
(
Accept space
(
IT) professors, designers, digital social entertainers like Youtubers or bloggers, and so on. These jobs don’t require people to come to an office or specific places to work.
Instead
, people can stay at
home
and produce „intellectual products” using their own computers and other supplemental devices. Other traditional positions could
also
become work-at-
home
jobs with the help of computers like consultants, copywriters, etc. From
such
kind of people’s perspective, working in a company or organisation might be quite complex, time-consuming due to travelling time; and they don’t want to be obliged with any
strictly
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strict
rules or nonsense interactions in a working place.
Therefore
, working at
home
is so far the better choice for them.
However
,
such
kind of jobs
also have
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also has
limitations.
Fisrtly
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Firstly
, without attending to a company or organisation, it would be harder for the workers to clarify and complete the documents related to their incomes, taxes, insurances and so on. That would be easier if they are in companies having proper executives.
Secondly
, working at
home
would decrease the chances of talking and interacting with other people of a person.
This
could lead to mental problems in the long term if he or she couldn’t handle his/her life well. And
finally
, self-employed jobs are often unstable and it would be a challenge for the workers to maintain their livings
consistently
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consistency
from time to time. That’s opposite
to
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of
fulltime
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full time
workers of companies or organisations, whose life always be ensured with the monthly incomes and insurances. In summary, the decision of working at
home
or attending a company or organisation is depending on characteristics of jobs, abilities and
also
interactions of each person. There are advantages and disadvantages of each choice, but companies, organisations and governments should care more about
this
trend to adapt well and utilize the agile and modern source of workforce.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • self-employment
  • freelancing
  • entrepreneurship
  • autonomy
  • financial stability
  • work-life balance
  • financial insecurity
  • lack of support
  • resources
  • long working hours
  • uncertain income
  • job security
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