Nowadays, many people choose to be self-employed, rather than to work for a company or an organisation. Why might this be the case? What could be the disadvantages of being self-employed?
In recent years, freelancers are increasing rapidly compared to working in an office for a
company
or a business. There are many reasons for people
to make a decision to be self-employed and from my point of view, I think there are three main reasons leading to this
occurrence and we can also
some disadvantages to this
.
Firstly
, freedom at work
is extremely vital for some people
since it helps them to be more creative and active at work
. Apparently, it is unlikely to happen in some companies which have lots of principal and a serious working environment. Secondly
, it is quite hard for people
to find an organization exactly suitable for each person. For instance
, if the company
and the worker want to have long-term cooperation, they should have the same development purpose, think for each other, and have a suitable working schedule,… and these problems will be decided quickly by a freelancer. The main last
reason I think is when the self-employed work
harder they can get more money than the person who works in a company
.
Although
the trend of self-employed is dramatically rising, people
who chose to be self-employed would have some unavoidable drawbacks. To begin
with, the more projects freelancers decide to take on, the longer they have to work
on them. In other words
, a self-employed can easily get stressed by the amount of work
, how to manage finance efficiently each month or even each day and a billion things are waiting to be finalized. In fact, if you have too many irons in the fire, you have to work
until it's done, even more than 8 hours a day. The nature of freelancing is to work
without legal constraints, so when the project is completed, they may not receive money from the partner. Freelancers also
can get extremely low salaries when they work
less compared to office workers It is an unstable job since working without any management requires careful plans as well as
excellent expertise in their field. It seems that quite a lot do not have what it takes in terms of the ability to tackle any unexpected situations and take responsibility for any faults coming up. Therefore
, this
type of work
might not suitable for everyone, especially for the ones whose experiences are not large enough to independently earn their living. Moreover
, people
who do not work
for a company
cannot have social insurance and pension. Therefore
, there are no allowances, or benefits when getting old.
In conclusion, since nothing comes to us with only advantages, what actually matters is our awareness of the plain reality in which each person might be only equivalent to particular ways to work
for a living. Freelance work
is more flexible however
there are some risks that have to be considered.Submitted by jakelong16091994 on
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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...