July 1, 2004

What it really means to work for yourself
Posted by jbutler@bostonworks.com">Jason Butler at 8:56 AM -

CareerJournal discusses a topic near and dear to my heart: what it really means to work for yourself.

For those who've worked in large organizations for a long period of time, going out on their own can be a shock. They're often unprepared to operate with minimum resources or be completely responsible for their livelihood today and tomorrow. Consider the woman who went the self-employment route after being downsized from two jobs. She says, "It took six months to realize "I am 'it' " -- that I had no one to do the admin stuff for me, that there was a direct relationship between what I do and whether my family eats." Whether you're dreaming of being in charge of what you do and when you do it, or free from office politics, remember, you have entered into a world in which there is little protection and no guaranteed income.

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