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

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In today's society, many
people
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 are trying to be self-employed
instead
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 of working for a
company
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 or any other organisation. As the world is competing, there is a lot of development
that is
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 taking place for which
people
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 need to work day and night in order to sustain. There are
also
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 other reasons for which
people
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 are choosing
self-employment
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 over working for a
company
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 which I'll discuss in
this
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 essay.
Firstly
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, the main reason to shift towards
self-employment
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 is the hectic schedule of organisations or companies that put a lot of pressure on the employee.
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, If an employee is working for a
company
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 for about eight hours a day and he has been assigned an extra project which has to be accomplished within the given deadline,
then
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 he needs to work for more hours to complete the task.
Otherwise
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, his
job
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 may be at risk for not completing it. So,
this
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 might be one of the reasons for
people
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 who are choosing
self-employment
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.
Secondly
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, many
people
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 feel a certain amount of dissatisfaction with their
job
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 which may lead them to quit their
job
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 and start anything on their own.
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 dissatisfaction is may be due to their dislike towards salary or
job
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 or
company
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 e.t.c.
For example
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, a person who is working for a small
company
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 may not have a chance to get a highly paid salary.
This
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 amount that he gets may not be sufficient to run his family.
This
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also
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 makes him quit his
job
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 and search for other means of employment. So, To Conclude, many
people
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 are trying to be self-employed these days due to the above-mentioned reasons. But the main disadvantage of
self-employment
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 is that no one can predict for how long that employment lasts.
besides
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 that, to start employment by self one needs to have financial support
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. So, Those who can afford the financial requirements are starting their
self-employment
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.

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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic

IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.

Answer structure for the type of essay

  • Introduction
  • Body paragraph 1 – advantages
  • Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
  • Conclusion

Examples to start your body paragraph:

  • The main advantage is...
  • The disadvantage of this...
  • The main benefit...
  • Despite these advantages...
  • One possible drawback...

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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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