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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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It is believed that several people have chosen to
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for themselves by setting up their own
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of choosing to
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for a
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or industry. The reasons why
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has been occurring and the drawbacks will be presented in
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essay. Broadly speaking, we live in an extremely competitive world, where people´s intention is not only to be professionally
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successful
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to have a better life in terms of finance. It is known that in certain regions of a country, working for somebody means, being a blue-collar worker, receive orders, obey the boss,
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hard in order to make some money to pay the bills. By opening their own
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, people tend to believe that their dream of living in a better condition may come true. The advantages of being an entrepreneur are that
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the person is able to conduct his
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the way he desires,
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, the possibility of having more free time to dedicate to the family is higher,
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, there is no boss to argue with the person all the time due to the fact that he is the one who commands the
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.
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, some drawbacks must be warned, depending on the kind of
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which is opened, it may demand extra hours of
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in order to make it grow or to attend the necessities of the clients. Another counterpart is that employers must be hired and the possibilities of having
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-related problems with them are real.
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, If the
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owner fails in conducting the
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, he may bankrupt and have to find
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to start all over again. To conclude, opening your own
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is not that simple, I can comment about it due to the fact that I have already tried to open my own store and thought that I would have more free time to spend with my family, but
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, I had to
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overtime and worse, the mission of increasing substantially my income has not been achieved yet.
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, a
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that I would make is, think about the advantages and disadvantages before deciding what to do.
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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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