Comments on: You call your situation JOB SECURITY? http://www.aridni.com/investing/venture-capitalism/you-call-your-situation-job-security People are cashing in all around you, don't you think it's your turn? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Markus http://www.aridni.com/investing/venture-capitalism/you-call-your-situation-job-security/comment-page-1#comment-6844 Markus Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:21:28 +0000 http://aridni.com/2006/09/you-call-your-situation-job-security/#comment-6844 It was quite useful reading, found some interesting details about this topic. Thanks. It was quite useful reading, found some interesting details about this topic. Thanks.

]]> By: Danielle http://www.aridni.com/investing/venture-capitalism/you-call-your-situation-job-security/comment-page-1#comment-2403 Danielle Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:51:30 +0000 http://aridni.com/2006/09/you-call-your-situation-job-security/#comment-2403 JUst because someone is "established and self employed" doesn't mean they are secure. My dad is a perfect example. He is considered a master or a guru in his line of work, but when the economy gets bad he loses clients and therefore has difficulty getting through the month. It would be great if as you said, "the harder you work, the more money you make" always held true, but if you don't have clients, what can you do except invest money you don't have to attract more money? If you're self employed, you also have to pay for your own office space, your own insurance premiums (life, disability, health) which non-self employed people don't. If you earn a ton of money, those costs may not matter to you, but if times are rough, that overhead can knock you for a loop. Just some food for thought... being self employed has its perks for sure, but it isn't heaven. JUst because someone is “established and self employed” doesn’t mean they are secure. My dad is a perfect example. He is considered a master or a guru in his line of work, but when the economy gets bad he loses clients and therefore has difficulty getting through the month. It would be great if as you said, “the harder you work, the more money you make” always held true, but if you don’t have clients, what can you do except invest money you don’t have to attract more money? If you’re self employed, you also have to pay for your own office space, your own insurance premiums (life, disability, health) which non-self employed people don’t. If you earn a ton of money, those costs may not matter to you, but if times are rough, that overhead can knock you for a loop.

Just some food for thought… being self employed has its perks for sure, but it isn’t heaven.

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