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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?

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Recently, a lot of individuals decided to be self-employed
instead
 of working in an organization or an establishment.
This
 essay will explain the reasons people want to be their own boss and it will
further
 discuss the drawback of being self-employed. In our society, a lot of humans want to establish their businesses
as a result
 of the bad
treatments
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 workers are subjected to. Apart from the principles and rules some organisations have that constrain the creativity in their staff, they
also
 do not have plans for women of
child bearing
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 age to go for maternity leave, having a side room to cater for their baby while at work during breaks,
also
 lack
of
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work flexibility and reduction in working hours. An example was
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research carried out by Paul Adeyinka on the challenges of exclusive breastfeeding among working-class mothers in Nigeria, it was found that 70% of the women do not practice breastfeeding for up to 6 months due to their job.
However
 various effects having your company may have and one of them is
inability
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the inability
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 to resign.
As a result
 of having an
organization
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 you can not resign when circumstances, difficulties and downward flow of profit sets in, though everyone may resign
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the owner remains to resolve the problem and get the company running again. An example is the CEO of a table water factory, who has a downtime in business and
this
 caused all his staff to resign and he was left to oversee the company alone till it rises again. In conclusion,
this
 essay was able to discuss the reasons an individual wants to be self-employed and
also
 the demerits of being self-employed.

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    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

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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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