Nowadays many people choose to be self-employed, rather than to work for a company or organization. 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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In modern times, it is more preferable
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individuals to be
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entrepreneur
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instead
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of working for
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. The reason behind
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to work independently. But working independently have some negative sides as it is a risky attempt.
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issue. The main reason why so many people are engaging in their own
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is the freedom to run their
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independently. An entrepreneur can take the
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rapidly in terms of
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situation
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while running their own
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.
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. while running
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business
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a business
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independently, one person
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not have to wait for the upper official
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which would lead to
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in time to grab a new
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. By taking
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self employed
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businessmen can prosper in their
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and maximize their profit.
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, the trend has certain drawbacks which we need to consider in the long run.
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of taking
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in
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have to be taken fully by the
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person.
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, in large
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different
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departments
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take collaborative decisions for taking the risk of whole
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matters.
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. Investment is another issue for the individual who independently
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their
business
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as they lack short of
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funds
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or investors while doing their
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. In these cases, they have to seek for fund
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which is not an easy task leading to raise the stress on
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the individual
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. In conclusion, as it is certain that the individuals are choosing their own way of living independently as they can make
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a decision
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decision
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in the crisis moment. Due to lack of
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funds
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and not having
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much dividend
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to share duties could lead that
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person to be
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. In my opinion
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the government
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can give special support to
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run their
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with less effort.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • self-employed
  • company
  • organization
  • freedom
  • independence
  • income potential
  • flexibility
  • working hours
  • working location
  • passions
  • interests
  • decision-making
  • business practices
  • disadvantages
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