Differences between self-employed and being an employee ?

[bagman]

Re: Differences between self-employed and being an employee

Good point Jim, I’ve worked for Indesit, Ariston, Indesit/Ariston (merloni), Servis, myself, Hotpoint and finally myself again.
Most of the company engineers I knew were pretty knowledgeable about what they were doing (there was always the odd chancer though, and they soon found life tough.) and did a damn fine job.

Most of them are now self employed and making it pay well.

[LJDomestics]

Re: Differences between self-employed and being an employee

Martin wrote:I know you’re only joking there Mike and Lee with his sucking rotten eggs is a little extreme to say the least.

You must remember guys that both employed and self-employed read this thread and often never the twain doth meet (as it were). Nevertheless some may take objection toward their choice of career being somewhat belittled or indeed over exaggerated.

Much does benefit the employed engineer, the main being security and rightly so. And in these uncertain times security wins hands down overall. Self employed can indeed command a 2 or 3 times a £25K salary but my god you’d have to work your n*ts off to get close or even sustain that in the long term without the need for help and thus taking on (dare I say it?) an employee. 🙂

Each has merit enough right now. If you’re happy with your lot and can earn a living in this game then that’s good enough. Looking over the fence to see if it’s greener is not much of an option right now. In some cases the grass is growing like hell, but in many others it’s parched and dry and only good for paving over and forgetting! 😉

I know what your saying Martin, But after 11 years with the company i worked for, I got a redundency letter that explained due to decline in profitability of the business the branch i was working for would be closed before xmas 2008.

The branch is STILL open and covering the 3 letting agents contracts i set up and ran!

So in my view only, I would NEVER trust a employer ever again. 😕

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