Entrepreneurship or Office job?

[rahmad2nd]

what is certain is that you and I must be able to adapt after the covid pandemic and the global crisis that hit the world. life is a choice, as well as a matter of work and ways to survive, there are people who choose to become office workers, there are many who choose to open their own business or self-employment. but there are also those who want to be free by choosing to be freelance.

whatever the choice is to become a worker or choose a business, everything has risks, profits and losses are the responsibility of each, regardless of the economic crisis that is the problem. everything has to run as usual, I still choose to work as my main income, the rest I can do activities to find additional income.

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[inthelongrun]

There are no wrong answers here. For me being an entrepreneur is the best. You will be your own boss and you will make your own rules. There is also no limit when it comes to profit. Working overtimes are worth it because you are the main benefactor.

But there are always cons though. Having a business is risky too because there are no guarantees of success. And some people are forced to enter into businesses that are not their prime interests due to limited resources.

The safest is to become an employee but the growth is limited compared to owning a business. You cannot find an employee in the top 10 richest in the world. But there's this so-called contentment. You may be earning not as big as those entrepreneurs but you are happy with your job with less risk and stress.

In the end, it is all about finding happiness.

[TheNineClub]

The struggle between the decision of being your own boss and working under someone is becoming more difficult to make as economic situations become tougher. From evaluation around me, self proclaimed entrepreneurs are quitting entrepreneurship because of difficulty in maintaining a business and reduced sales due to reduced purchasing power from people, an effect of the economic situation. Office workers on the other hand who also have been on one salary grade for a long time now are becoming fed up with how their monthly salary is no longer sufficient to secure a comfortable lifestyle for a month also due to the higher cost of living. What do you think is the way forward?

I know this is a recurring theme in the capitalist work system, but again, as times before, people want to work in meaningless labor less and less. This time around tho, the notion of automation (machines doing work for us in some way or capacity) has beecome more plausible. Anarchist Bob Black wrote a somewhat popular essay titled 'The Abolition of Work', and Guy Debord was incorporating his 'never work' philosophy into his 'The Society of the Spectacle. Also, there have been talks (only in more developed countries, unfortunately), of a minimum fixed monthly income for people that would come of the back of automation mostly doing labor. It's a complex and big topic, to be honest and there are a couple of directions this can go in, but nothing is clear as of yet.

[Apocollapse]

There are no wrong answers here.

Can't agree anymore, that's the most correct answer.

Some people think entrepreneur is the best job since there's no pressure and target you need to achieve since it's depend on your performance. If you're a hard worker and want to try anything that could make your business successful, then it's more harder than become an office job. But when you're already successful, you don't need to control the whole of your business.

While become office job, you don't need to think anything after you're back on your home, but you have a pressure and target that most people don't like.

[Mauser]

When I was a little kid I always wanted to have my own company and be my own boss. This desire comes mostly from my uncle who had his own business until he was 60. He always had a nice company car and dressed very professional with expensive suits. During family meetings he always had stories to tell and his lifestyle seemed very cool to me back then. My cousins are younger than me so I didn't play with them much when they were younger. Only later I realised how many hours my uncle spent away from family. He got divorced a long time ago and barely saw his kids. I am happy now just being and employee and have no more desire to run my own business. There is much less stress and things to worry about, and as long as you earn enough money to provide for your family life is good.

[ethereumhunter]

The struggle between the decision of being your own boss and working under someone is becoming more difficult to make as economic situations become tougher. From evaluation around me, self proclaimed entrepreneurs are quitting entrepreneurship because of difficulty in maintaining a business and reduced sales due to reduced purchasing power from people, an effect of the economic situation. Office workers on the other hand who also have been on one salary grade for a long time now are becoming fed up with how their monthly salary is no longer sufficient to secure a comfortable lifestyle for a month also due to the higher cost of living. What do you think is the way forward?

Maybe it is a difficult decision to keep running our own business or remain an office worker because it depends on how we feel about it. If we are a businessman, we must try to find innovations or creative ideas that can develop our business or look for other business opportunities so that our business can become bigger. Meanwhile, if we are office workers, maybe we need another job besides being an office worker so that it can help us to earn extra money. Many of my friends are office workers but they also have side businesses and even the results they get are greater than what they make as office workers. Maybe we have to be observant to be able to take advantage of the opportunities available around us so that we can develop the potential we have.

[Zilon]

Civil jobs most times don't get increment in salaries. When we talk about entrepreneurship people who render basic services like sales of daily human wants like food and household equipments the are always on demand no matter how inflation keeps rising. I think where entrepreneurs suffers most are services that can be done without. But for civil jobs no matter how one earns it will never be enough because human needs are insatiable and ones wants and needs keeps increasing as the sun keeps rising

[Z-tight]

To become an entreprenuer isn't all about making a decision to become one, you can claim you want to start a business all you want, but without the money or skills that is necessary, you are only building castles in the air, many people you see today doing many jobs are not happy doing that, but that is the only choice they have so they can make ends meet.

Needless to say that many people also work so they are able to save money to go into entrepreneurship, and most times they have to work for a very long time to be able to achieve their goal, so for most people it isn't about just making the choice of what they want to do, they have to work towards what their line of interest is and make it happen. But i feel if it was only but a matter of choosing, everyone wants to be their own boss surely.

[Fatunad]

Civil jobs most times don't get increment in salaries. When we talk about entrepreneurship people who render basic services like sales of daily human wants like food and household equipments the are always on demand no matter how inflation keeps rising. I think where entrepreneurs suffers most are services that can be done without. But for civil jobs no matter how one earns it will never be enough because human needs are insatiable and ones wants and needs keeps increasing as the sun keeps rising

There are indeed businesses which could really able to survive and those are essentials and pharmaceutical and other services which is really something mainly needed on daily living which means
that there's always a demand no matter what this is why those business owners do really stick into that since they do know that they could really get income from that even though some of them doesnt
have day jobs but at least they do able to sustain theirselves into that which its a must thing considering that inflation is a big problem and daily living is a challenge.
If you do find yourself having a hard time on making things in order then you should find another source of income.

[amishmanish]

Entrepreneurship for sure. The world will be moving towards lesser social security and lesser financial stability. Jobs will not sustain us forever, and everyone will need a second source of income, thus I think entrepreneurship will be far better than doing job. It gives flexibility of applying our ideas and allow us to be flexible in our work

[hfyjilgje]

Working is doing something for someone else and they pay you accordingly. Entrepreneurship is to use their own money, resources, ability, etc., everything is their own decision, pay and harvest are their own.

[el kaka22]

I get the need for an office job, but there is a limit to that as well. Unless you are going to be the CEO of the company you work for, there isn't really a good idea to stay in an office job forever. My dad did, he worked in the same company for 28 years and he worked in his sector as an office worker for 35 years total, and what does he have? One car and one house.

I can tell you that I just made one car amount of money during 2017 alone, probably more after that (I usually spend that to pay off my debts and live a good life, instead of buying a car though). So, I can easily say that office job is something you do after you graduate, but based on how great you can become, eventually you should transition towards entrepreneurship.

[TheUltraElite]

Everyone wants to be their own boss because no-one likes taking orders from someone senior - normal human nature, and that is why such contexts come into play.
One must remember that being an entrepreneur is not a cakewalk and neither is it possible by any common man. One may dream of being one but in reality people get squeezed out of that in short time periods.

So have that mindset but don't try to gamble your life and savings on such an idea. The few people whom you see as successful in such startups and all are only a small fraction of the actually huge number.

Don't be angry on your current job, who knows what life may have in store for you. For those who are in studying phase, try to get into a job that you enjoy, don't go in for the money right away.

[Kakmakr]

It is the recipe for a perfect storm at the moment. The inflation is high and governments of the world are increasing interest rates.... while the cost of living are becoming impossible. The businesses are also not making good profits, so they cannot afford wage increases to help with the economic hardship.

So what happens then.... unions demand higher wage increases ... companies cannot afford it, so they deny the demands.... and workers go on strike, causing more damage to a struggling economy. 

[Jody.Drummer]

The struggle between the decision of being your own boss and working under someone is becoming more difficult to make as economic situations become tougher. From evaluation around me, self proclaimed entrepreneurs are quitting entrepreneurship because of difficulty in maintaining a business and reduced sales due to reduced purchasing power from people, an effect of the economic situation. Office workers on the other hand who also have been on one salary grade for a long time now are becoming fed up with how their monthly salary is no longer sufficient to secure a comfortable lifestyle for a month also due to the higher cost of living. What do you think is the way forward?

Why must it be so complicated when dealing with a life that is bound to be lived? You worry too much about tomorrow that doesn't know 1 second in sight but forgets something out there that can't even meet its needs. Thinking as if you will be poor tomorrow, then when it comes to fulfilling a lifestyle means that you are on the cusp of a wasteful life. No matter how you view business, work, and build a job if that kind of thinking has become a life principle, it will be very difficult to survive in an era where life has to be more glamorous than anyone else.

[yudi09]

The struggle between the decision of being your own boss and working under someone is becoming more difficult to make as economic situations become tougher. From evaluation around me, self proclaimed entrepreneurs are quitting entrepreneurship because of difficulty in maintaining a business and reduced sales due to reduced purchasing power from people, an effect of the economic situation. Office workers on the other hand who also have been on one salary grade for a long time now are becoming fed up with how their monthly salary is no longer sufficient to secure a comfortable lifestyle for a month also due to the higher cost of living. What do you think is the way forward?

Choosing to be an entrepreneur or an office worker is a choice of each with a different way of thinking from one another. Entrepreneurship is more honorable in my opinion compared to office workers whose salaries have been determined how much they will get every month.

Being an entrepreneur, we ourselves will determine the patterns and strategies that we will apply to make our business progress and we also make the rules for the workers. This job is more challenging especially when the economy is sick but it is very comfortable if you are able to manage the management well.

[cute nmp]

With the current economic situation in my country I can Cather for you and your close ones. I choose to go into entrepreneurship It is much more profitable and self reliance. One has the freedom of when and how to do things instead of always given directions to do things. Things are hard this time one has to always to try his best.

[bitgov]

With the current economic situation in my country I can Cather for you and your close ones. I choose to go into entrepreneurship It is much more profitable and self reliance. One has the freedom of when and how to do things instead of always given directions to do things. Things are hard this time one has to always to try his best.

Office job can give you a fixed amount without worrying about anything. But on the other hand - entrepreneurship is a challenge.
YOu have to be vigilant all day all night to take care of your venture. sometime it is not progressive but you have pay salaries and take care of all the expenses.

[carlfebz2]

With the current economic situation in my country I can Cather for you and your close ones. I choose to go into entrepreneurship It is much more profitable and self reliance. One has the freedom of when and how to do things instead of always given directions to do things. Things are hard this time one has to always to try his best.

Office job can give you a fixed amount without worrying about anything. But on the other hand - entrepreneurship is a challenge.
YOu have to be vigilant all day all night to take care of your venture. sometime it is not progressive but you have pay salaries and take care of all the expenses.

When it turns out that if the amount you do earn from that stable income from your office job isnt enough anymore then it would really be a stressful type of problem and with just common sense we could really feel

the need of urgency when it comes on finding another source of income which you should really get involved with just for you to break the shackle of that stress on trying out to survive on everyday living with
having shortage of the income you do make.Inflation plus unexpected spendings or expenses then it would really be just hard.

Having side income is a must if you do have that shortage or even have the wish on having a better life in terms of finances which could really be acquire into other source of income.

[Davidvictorson]

The struggle between the decision of being your own boss and working under someone is becoming more difficult to make as economic situations become tougher.

The real entrepreneurs thrive in adversity according to Jim Collins. And it is quite obvious. Not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship requires the individual to have a certain personality trait. Such as low in agreeableness, high in extraversion, high in conscientiousness, high in openness to new experience and low in neuroticism. On the other hand an office worker may despite the harsh economic realities want to remain so because, they do not just fit into that role. They can't take the heat. Entrepreneurs are high in creativity and can easily adapt and make their business thrive no matter the weather.