Topic: A career - as an employee or a business owner which do you prefer and why? - page 12. (Read 2573 times)

I'll do both things too, just to have that security of income being employed while doing any passion around businesses that I might get into venured with.
So, if a business I try to establish fails, that's okay because I'm still employed and will just continue to keep working on it. I've known people that also did both things but when their business succeeded, they've left the corporate world and focused on it and that's what everyone might do when their established business is already stable.

Apart from that, we also have to be aware that sometimes not everyone can do that and this cannot be forced.
Even though experience is very important, but often we have seen many people who have tried even a few times, they still fail, but some have tried one or two times and have succeeded, so apart from experience, of course, there are important factors within us that can indeed be developed and it can also not when we can't be on that path even if we try several times it will obviously be very difficult in my opinion.

It is always good to be a business owner because it doesn't have any limitation on income but I do not mind going through employment and being an employee if it will strengthen my knowledge in the field of business I am about to venture.  Having knowledge about the business is one of the best things to have when we planned to be a business owner.  It is also a crucial factor of success in establishing a business and the major reason why many businesses failed is that the owner lacks experience in that field.

after 16 years of working at office and doing 9-5 job - I am now working on my own.
But that is a good experience and it is stressful too - sometime what you earn all goes in to business and my profit is very less - but that is okie

It will eliminate the toxic environment of people working in an office, you will not have to arrive at work at 8 a.m. and it will primarily break our cycle of working from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All of this would be gone, and a new set of stressors would be coming when you had business. You'll be working anytime, even if you are at home, to improve your business. The majority of the toxicity would come from customers. Working in an office job is very different from having a business. Both are stressful, but you should select which stress you want to tackle.

Being your boss is the most comfortable job that you could ever have. It might have risks but you could handle and control everything on your own. You only have to be knowledgeable about the choice of a business that you'll have. If you have your own business, you don't have to deal with a toxic working job and rude bosses because nowadays, it's hard to find a job that could give you the best comfort that you need.

From the past until now I have never thought about working with office systems, these systems look complicated and limit the time to work, so I don't have a match to work with them. Precisely in 2016 I finished studying at the Faculty of Economics at one of the universities in the area where I live, after finishing college I have never even used the diploma to apply for a job in any office, because I thought their work system would not make me develop according to my knowledge have.

At the end of 2019 I tried to build a clothing business in the area where I live, until now the business is running normally as I wanted, even though it was hit by a recession due to Covid-19 and caused our store sales to decline. But thanks to the hard work that I did, today we have enjoyed quite satisfactory results from efforts to build this business.

If you remember the risk of being fired when working for someone else or in someone else's company. Then opening your own business is a better option than working anywhere, because usually everyone who chooses to run their own business has definitely chosen a business that they really love and are also very good at. So it will be very difficult for him to get bored in doing business because what he is doing is part of the hobby that he is involved in every day.

Many people currently want to set up their own business, but due to limited capital so they choose to become employees in a company or other place they work, and both positions have advantages and disadvantages of course, to establish a company, of course we must have experience in their respective fields and capital is the way to run the business and the pressure is greater when compared to employee positions.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages. If you are taking care of family business - than its a good thing but making a new business from scratch it not an easy task.
However if you are an entrepreneur - then you should have a source of income to meet both the ends. And in fact more than two side hustles are a good option where you are not investing much.

Doing business is what is more important to me because this will give me freedom to make more money than depending on employer to pay me small money that is less to my efforts that I am putting in his business. Doing business or having our own business is better than going for a job and later we might get sacked and forcing us to start afrensh again.

They will inherit a big business to their families, for newcomers in the business world without their support it is difficult to develop, because the industry players have full control over their system network, not complaining but that's the reality.

Unless you try to build stronger relationships and networks first, then it is possible for our business to run and can provide hope for growth, without which I think it is difficult to develop!!!

Being an employee only puts you in a comfort zone, we will be faced with retirement and benefits after that, but what can we do if we are no longer productive in working in an office which is an employee, age will definitely stop productivity in us, so we have to there are preparatory steps before that happens.

While retirement salaries will continue to lose value, recession and inflation will not be able to guarantee how long our money will last, if utilization is not done properly, the biggest mistake people make is being too comfortable working as an employee, but forgetting to prepare the steps to be taken after retirement.


We decide the steps !!!
We are preparing !!!
And we are the source of the problem !!!

If life doesn't have a target, then we will continue to be in the same zone, nothing will change if someone doesn't want to start.

Above I said it's hard to build a business, that's true and a fact!!!
But giving up with circumstances is a tree term that doesn't bear fruit, we are only beneficial for ourselves. Building a business must be based on careful preparation, having targets and knowing how to see opportunities.

There is no successful person who starts something without learning what he wants to do, business needs hard work, business needs relationships/networking and business needs big preparation!!!

I would pick a career as a business owner over a career as an employee. My reason for this is my dad was an an employee in a private organisation why my mum was a business owner. My dad had no time of his own he would work overtime, he would work on the weekends, he would travel most times for meetings, to supervise workers in other locations. 9 out of 10 times he was home tired and when he was home he was still at work. My mum on the other hand, had the freedom of time, she wasn't as stressed as dad was. There were times when it was business was rocky but as soon as she got a good structure in place for her business it ran seamless without her. She had time she wasn't home tired and when she was home she was home and she was looked happy and refreshed. Judging from these experiences I made up my mind that I was going to be a business owner and I have been on that path.

This is also my impression, but right now, in my current standing in a company, I regret that I am working hard and still haven't gotten a salary increase. To cut the story short, I've been working for a healthcare company for two years, and I worked pretty hard, and still, right now, I don't get any salary increase or bonuses. Though doing your best in a job can be fruitful if your boss sees your worth, so it is still better to do it. But improving your skills (if you still have time) is best since you can shift careers if you want to quickly.

well, there are various ways people make money and i personally choose to grow my business rather than expecting a salary from other people.  Becoming an entrepreneur, whether small or large, is not easy, there are many things to do here and there, and often we are forced to keep learning from the experiences that are created, that's a challenge for me.

I don't know how to explain this, but here's my thought.
I have a good knowledge of business and know how to run it. But I also possess some talents which I can use in either someone else's business or create my own.
So first I will look for the opportunity. If I can use my talents and skills as an employee, then I will choose that. Then I will analyze how my work is progressing and how much money I am making. If the job gives me a proper payment for my work, then I will stick to it. And if not, or I am not getting enough freedom to expand my creativity, then I will try to create my own business where I can experiment and spread my talents.
My thinking is this, Never lose any opportunity. Try everything and find the best one from them which suites you.
Business is freedom and employment is bind by chains.
So I will choose business in the end.

You have a good point there, being employed does not stop anyone from gathering more knowledge which might be useful in earning more income if used rightly. But this could not be possible in some countries (where employment rules and conditions are strict) and with some nature of jobs. This is why it's good for everyone to plan things ahead so that they will not block their aspirations just because of a job.

Learning more skills and technical know-how is a plus advantage for anyone, it solves problems which is what makes people rich, not employment per se.

This is an important point, I tried to work at work when my boss was a real jerk, it was the worst work in my life, of course I changed jobs and everything changed. We should not be afraid to change something in our lives. Like a lot of people, I thought I would go into business, but for me it's not that easy, there are a lot of doubts and it requires certain finances, so for now I continue to work at work, but I love my job and I have a great boss, so which suits me for now.

To become a business owner you have to start your journey as an employee, that's to gain more experience before starting your own business, I can see that many people chose business owner but do not forget that you will hire people too unless it's the type of business one can handle themselves.

Also you need capital to start your own business, this means you need to start as an employee first.

You failed, but what is your action now? Do you continue your business or not? Well, if you are a business owner, you need to be doing it, but if you have enough profit, you can now start to hire people, but if you are starting it, you need to sacrifice. I don't know if you have already quit or not, but it is just a challenge that you need to overcome. For sure, if it is successful, then you'll be relaxing in your own office. I'll choose this stress over an office job. I was just working for my pay and the company and not the improvement of myself.