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I've moved from corporate, to having a side gig, to doing it full time, then back to a side gig, and now I've mostly spun it down. The stress of always selling
by OrangeMonkey 4y ago
I've moved from corporate, to having a side gig, to doing it full time, then back to a side gig, and now I've mostly spun it down.
The stress of always selling was hard. The constant thought of "I could be working right now, but I am sitting watching a movie with the family" was hard. The money was great, but I feel like I lost actual years of my life.
It seems, my friend, solo is not for me. It may be for you. The current macroeconomic climate may make this a bad decision even if it is for you. I wish you well.
- disenchanted_ds 4y agoThanks. The macroeconomic climate is also something I've been curious about, too. The timing may be awful, especially if it doesn't work out and I want to get back to a full-time job when no one is hiring. But being stuck in a role where upward growth is meager is draining, too. ("Oh, the bonus and raise pool is down again?") I do know that even in my current job there seems to be willingness to pay a contractor rather than hire an employee...and I'm not sure how that willingness would change if the environment changes.
- nostrademons 4y agoContractors are the first to go when the economy goes south, because there's no legal protection to the relationship and getting rid of it is as simple as letting it lapse. It's a huge pain to fire an employee even for cause. Without cause (layoffs), you usually have to pay severance, have your unemployment insurance premiums go up, and deal with a morale hit to people left behind.