Some people decide to start their own business instead of working for a company or organization. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantage?

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Self-employment has always been viewed as the best type of
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occupations
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and some people have been trying to run their own
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businesses
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business
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instead
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of being recruited by companies for years.
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it might be preferable to be employed by others, being self-employed suffers from the disadvantages that leave them with a great amount of expenses and little time for themselves. The following essay will look at two reasons that I believe make
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phenomenon negative.
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, running new businesses
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owners to invest a lot of money to compete with successful existing companies.
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is because for a small company to be known they need to either have good advertisements or provide better services.
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, it is hard to encourage a customer to buy sneakers from an unknown brand
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they are satisfied with Nike or Adidas
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unless these new products are being advertised by famous people who charge them
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a lot
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new product on
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social media.
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, regarding
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the
competitory
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competitive
environment of
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industry, being successful needs
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to spend
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a lot
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, owning a business gets several hours of a day to regulate
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, especially if it is new.
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, an employee usually works for specific hours a day and
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remain
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at home
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owners not only should work during those hours but
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are usually involved with the job at their homes.
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, the owner of a new company receives several phone calls from different employees out of
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and
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to manage all for their business to be remunerative.
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, they are busy every
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and are deprived of an off day, which employees are
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privileged
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to have.
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,
self-employement
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self-employment
might have a good image, but I believe its disadvantages negate its benefits. For a new company to grow, owners should spend most of their money and time.
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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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