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I want to greet all my readers and subscribers. In today's article, I want to give my opinion about the fact that working for hire, you will never become free in financial terms. That is, “working for an uncle” is a bad choice. At least for our country and the present time. Perhaps in another country, this is not so, but in our reality "working for an uncle is a road to nowhere".

In addition, I will give in this article the most basic patterns, of which there are always exceptions.

Currently, working for other people or companies is the leader among all kinds of ways to replenish the budget of both an individual and an average family. From birth, a person is programmed that in order to receive money, he needs to work for someone. Such thoughts are planted in our heads from the earliest school years, and support them until a conscious adult age. Yes, and all state propaganda is aimed at this.

Therefore, a person begins to study at a university and after graduation seeks to get into prestigious job. As practice shows, some manage to get to such a job, and this is facilitated by acquaintances and connections. In addition, for this it is necessary to pass certain tests and a medical examination in order to become a full-fledged employee of the enterprise.

Such people with self-respect join the close ranks of "office plankton". Those who could not immediately find a “non-dusty” job occupy lower positions, go to builders or maintenance personnel.

The job is received and the goal is achieved, and it does not matter at all that the salary is only enough for food and clothes, as well as for paying for a rented apartment. Every year such work more and more resembles ordinary slavery, as a person does only what his boss tells him, and not a step back. Of course he pays money!

As experience and connections grow, the employee decides that he already deserves more and moves to leadership positions. His expenses are increasing and his salary is also increasing. He starts a family and children, takes a car on credit and a house on a mortgage. Demands are growing and you need to somehow pay for all this. And my daughter is getting married.

Therefore, a person has no choice but to go for another promotion. With a successful combination of circumstances, such an employee himself becomes the boss. And everything seems to be fine now, but there is Pyotr Ivanovich, the owner of the company or a higher head in the ministry. And now you can definitely forget about quiet weekends, because for such a salary he can demand anything - even work on weekends and calls at night. What about unrealistic plans and commitments?

There is nothing left for a person to do, how to continue working, because they need to pay bills, teach and help children, and educate grandchildren. And then there’s also health at the age of 45-50, on a nervous basis, fooling around! And then, at one fine moment, Petr Ivanovich finally gets it and the person leaves the company at the age of 50, or he finishes it quietly until retirement.

With the onset of retirement, incomes fall and you have to tighten your belts, and if loans have not yet been paid, and the mortgage is pressing - then it’s generally “tin”! And no future prospects.

In principle, I considered this not the worst option for career development, because most often it happens much worse. Of course, there are exceptions everywhere, but these are 70-90 percent of cases in our country. This is what work for the "uncle" leads to.

Therefore, it is necessary for all possible ways look for an alternative to such work, or to have passive income-generating capital by retirement.

What can replace a job?

• Opening your own business. Options for organizing it now great amount- You can complete landscape design courses and provide services to the public, or you can simply start trading in the market. Each person has their own choice.
• Freelancing (work on the Internet).
• Network marketing to a lesser extent.

These are active types of earnings, where you should make the most of your efforts. But in addition to this, it is necessary to constantly increase your capital, and create money. You need to make money work for yourself, and not work for them for your “uncle”. And it's never too late to start doing it! Watch an instructive cartoon about what passive income is:

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Which is better: a career in a corporation or your own business? And can everyone be entrepreneurs? The features, pros and cons of working for an uncle and for herself are discussed by Arina Egorova, a consultant on the search for top managers and the author of a career blog.

- Sooner or later, any young and talented person thinks about what he should do in this life: build a career or build his own company.

Senior management consultant

About builders

Builders (entrepreneurs) are people of a special type and mindset. Almost all of them started to resell something in early age. By the way, I really like the story. Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman about washing windows in the late 80s. All entrepreneurs are different: someone is a wild charismatic, someone is an absolute introvert. However, as a rule, they are united by 3 important characteristics:

1. Desire to create. I once had breakfast with Oscar Hartmann (serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of more than 10 companies, including KupiVIP, CarPrice and Aktivo - approx. "About business").

And he told his story: “I came to the Moscow office of BCG (Boston consulting group), where he subsequently worked for 1.5 years. I looked at the work of a consultant from the inside, and realized that I want to create a product, and not be a person who develops strategies, draws presentations, and then it all goes to the table. I knew exactly what I wanted. I want people to enjoy what I have created.” Next, we omit the details of how he ran around investors in search of start-up capital at $ 300 thousand, fell into despair 10 times a day, but did not give up. Entrepreneurs are definitely people who have a convulsive desire to do something new.

2. Willingness to take risks. It is unlikely that anyone consciously wants to lose a couple of million by investing in their project, but distinguishing feature entrepreneurs is the acceptance of the fact that things may not work out. As strange as it may sound, they love and appreciate their mistakes. Consider the story of Alibaba and its founder, Jack Ma, who was on the verge of bankruptcy 47 times. Entrepreneurs tend to take risks where a sane person disowns. But they do not just take risks, they take responsibility for the risk and are morally ready to burn out, be reborn, burn out again and be reborn again. Personally, I have not met any successful entrepreneur who got it right the first time.

3. Desire to earn. No matter what anyone says about the great mission, you always want to eat. Founders and CEOs of corporations often say that you cannot build something great on the desire to make money. This is, of course, true. Like the fact that the hungrier a person is, the harder he works. Everyone wants to make good money, but entrepreneurs are looking for and finding opportunities for this where others do not even try.

About managers

Managers are also people of a special mindset and character. Here are their strengths:

1. Process management. CEOs (especially successful ones) tend to grow up in a corporate environment from the bottom. Therefore, they are well aware of the internal mechanisms and how this or that department works. They absorb the best corporate practices with the milk of their alma mater and understand exactly how this or that function in the company should be built.

2. People management. good manager is a person who knows how to competently build not only business processes, but also the teams that will manage these processes. You can't just take and manage 20,000 employees. You need to have an idea how to properly “feed” them all, motivate them, delegate tasks to them. To manage a company effectively, it is not enough to be an ideological inspirer and creator - you need to be class teacher. And with this, managers, as a rule, cope much better than entrepreneurs.

About defectors

History knows many interesting transitions from one status to another. The most common is when a person was a good leader at McKinsey or PepsiCo, got enough expertise, and then went freelance and created his own company.

Reverse transitions are much less common, but in my practice they also happened. For example, a person made his own startup, the startup took off, the founder sold the company to a giant and became the CEO of his offspring, but already within the corporation. Or a person left his own business for someone else's for some senior position, for example, marketing director. It turns out that these people quickly built their careers through the creation of their own company. As a rule, they did not plan such a route along the career path, but in the end it turned out great.

Work in a corporation vs own business

Both working for an uncle and working for yourself have their pluses and minuses. Let's discuss them. Let me start with the first situation.

Benefits of being hired:

Responsibility level. When you work in big company, then you are responsible for your piece of work to your immediate supervisor. The maximum that you face for non-compliance official duties, - dismissal. It's a shame, annoying, but collectors won't come to you.

Work life balance. If you work for your uncle and are not in consulting, then most likely you have an 8-9 hour workday. You go to lunch, and on weekends you completely forget about work. In general, work-life balance is under your control.

Clear career prospects. You roughly imagine when you sit in the director's chair and what is needed for this. Your KPIs are normal, you live on a salary, you know exactly how much you will save next month and who you will be at 35 and 45 years old.

Cons of being hired:

Glass ceiling. At any stage of a career, there is a risk of hitting a glass ceiling and being faced with a choice: "sit out" the boss or wait 5 years until he leaves. You may have to fight for your promotion. Unfortunately, even in international companies Good employees don't always get promotions on merit.

Pressing. Above you there is always a boss to whom you need to report. Even the cool CEO is accountable to the board of directors and owners. And while he was walking to the cherished position, he probably ate a lot of tasteless things on his way, overturned by his bosses.

self-flagellation. As a rule, at those moments when you stop for a couple of years in your career development, cases of young and successful people who have created their companies from scratch appear from everywhere. And you look at them and think: "Damn, I'm 35, I'm here on errands, and the people around create empires." And that's all - long-term depression is provided.

Now let's weigh the pros and cons of your business.

Benefits of working for yourself:

Your own boss. You do not need to ask for leave either on vacation or sick leave, report on what time you came and left the office (if there is one at all), you are your own boss.

Fast growth. While your former classmates are breaking through the glass ceilings in corporations, you are already riding a gelding and making good money. Of course, provided that your business has become successful.

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Unlimited earnings. If your business is quite successful, you are already earning significantly more than your peers in a paid job. And if your business is very successful, then you have probably already sold your share or left the management of the company, traveling the world.

Cons of working for yourself:

The ground is burning underfoot 24/7/365. Employees often complain about stress. Today the boss pressed them, and tomorrow everything is fine. Entrepreneurs are constantly under stress: customers have left, there is nothing to pay wages, they have invested their last money in a party that may fail, partners are unhappy ...

Foggy prospects. Entrepreneurs, especially start-ups, are constantly in uncertainty: they never know whether the business will work out, whether they will be able to avoid problems with the bank, whether their money will burn out. And now you plow more than your friend from PepsiCo, but unlike you, he perfectly understands how much he will earn tomorrow and in 5 years.

Self-flagellation. Just at such moments, when you are on the verge of despair, sales tend to zero, no one needs the product, you meet a young and successful manager and think: “Damn, I’m 35, I’m like a student, I’m running around looking for investments, but he doesn’t soaring, climbing career ladder". And long-term depression is guaranteed.

So which is better?

According to statistics, 3 out of 100 startups succeed, and the entrepreneur fails 6 times before launching a successful business. What does it mean? Never mind. Approximately the same can be said about a career in a corporation: 80% of employees remain middle managers, pay off mortgages for a kopeck piece in Chertanovo for 30 years, and go on vacation to Turkey once a year. You can be the best in any industry, in hiring, in your business. The main thing is that the chosen sphere should be to your liking. As the saying goes, it's hard to judge a wine by its label and sommelier reviews - you have to try it.

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A modern graduate has a natural question: where to go to work? What is the best way to realize your professional potential? Start a career in an organization under the supervision of a strict "uncle" or open your own business? Read about the advantages and disadvantages of each of the proposed options in our material.

My years are growing, I will be seventeen.

Where should I work then, what should I do?

V. Mayakovsky

Finishing school as soon as possible, getting a decent profession and starting to build a successful career - hardly every graduate dreams of today.

Some young men and women wonder how to choose a profession, or initially imagine themselves as employees of a state or private organization (enterprises, firms, etc.). Others have been seriously thinking about organizing their own business since school (they plan to open a company, register as an individual entrepreneur). Both of these paths have their pros and cons. We offer you to figure out which option of setting off for free swimming is more attractive: working for an uncle or starting your own business.

We work "for an uncle": two sides of the labor medal

A skeptical young man asks himself: what is good about working "for an uncle"? You get up with roosters to get to the office on the other side of the city, in working time- not a step to the side, and the salary is not particularly enviable. Well, if the boss is also not in the spirit ... Guard?! So why do most people still prefer stability and security - work in a team under the supervision of a leader? Let's take a look at both sides of this coin.

Benefits of working for your uncle:

• stable salary

This is perhaps the biggest and most powerful argument. Working "for an uncle", you can be sure that once a month a certain amount of money will be in your wallet. You can sleep peacefully without fear that another financial crisis will break out or force majeure circumstances will come. And this confidence is worth a lot!

• Social security

An officially employed person has the right to count on sick leave, labor and maternity leave. Also important are the monthly deductions to the pension fund. It is easier for a person who has a stable job to get a loan and get a mortgage.

• Fixed working day

Worked a legal eight-hour shift - and you can forget about work until the next day. Weekends, holidays And no one canceled the vacation either! Not every entrepreneur can afford such a “luxury”.

• Teamwork

Like it or not, a person is a social being and needs live communication. Nice, friendly team - great! In a friendly atmosphere, both mood and performance increase markedly.

• There is always work!

You don't have to worry about the volume of work! They will always be found! As a rule, each employee has a certain range of duties that must be performed daily. But the lack of a constant amount of work has a relaxing effect on many people, reducing the motivation to work.

• Psychological comfort

Working "for an uncle", you almost always have to perform the same actions, communicate with the same people, get to work along the same route. As a result, most people feel comfortable and confident.

And now let's dilute the “uncle's” barrel of honey with a few spoons of tar and talk about the other side of the coin:

H Disadvantages of being hired:

• Fixed salary (not always high)

Payout stability wages cannot but rejoice. But its size sometimes only upsets. And yes, you have to wait a long time. Salaries, bonuses, interest - all this, of course, is good. But there is always a certain “ceiling” set by the employer.

• Risk of losing your job

A person who works for an employer is subconsciously afraid of being left without a job. The reality is that, if desired, the employer can get rid of the employee if the latter ceases to suit him for any reason (health has deteriorated, personal problems have arisen). This applies not only to private, but also to public organizations.

• The presence of a leader and the need to fulfill his requirements

The quirks of individual leaders are legendary! But, as they say, bosses are not elected. But often the majority labor day The employee does exactly what the boss does. For many people, this acts depressingly, even though for this, in fact, they receive a salary. In any case, self-esteem from this definitely does not increase. The torment of an employee is only aggravated if he made a mistake in choosing a profession and is now forced to do something he does not like.

• The need to get to work

The road to work and home “eats up” a good part of personal time, which, by the way, no one pays. You also have to buy a ticket with your own money. Whatever you say, but the hours spent aimlessly on the road are sincerely a pity!

• Having a fixed work schedule

Take, for example, the job of a bank teller. Eight hours of monotonous work with clients is a real test of the body's strength. A natural question arises whether after such a hard day there will be strength to perform household and parental duties. Self-employed people compare fixed hours to selling the best part of their lives to an "uncle".

• Working conditions

Not every employee can boast that ideal conditions have been created at work. Somewhere they are better, somewhere they are worse. All employees of the same firm, as a rule, have the same. It is unlikely that a manager will take care of purchasing a widescreen monitor, a comfortable chair and a good table especially for you.

Be Your Own Boss: Pros and Cons

If the above scenario does not fit, you can go the other way: become your own boss. To do this, you need to decide on the direction of activity, register as an individual entrepreneur or create a legal entity. Favorite business, lack of a boss "with character", high incomes, freedom of decisions and actions! The beauty?! Let's figure it out.

Pros of being an entrepreneur:

• Opportunity to do what you love

It's hard to argue with that argument! What could be better than doing what you love and getting paid for it? Moral and material satisfaction in one bottle. Is it worth talking about the high productivity of such work!

• Opportunity to make good money

Long live big salary! Why not? There are no restrictions in the form of salaries and bonuses, and the profit depends entirely on the diligence and efforts made by the entrepreneur.

• Opportunity to create and equip a workplace

You can arrange a workplace (based on personal preferences and opportunities) right at home or rent an office not far from your native walls. And you don't have to get up early and drive for hours to work! Saving time and money is obvious.

• Ability to manage your own time

The boss himself is more free and mobile compared to the person working for hire. The owner of his time has the opportunity to change current plans at any time, and in order to resolve the issue that has arisen, he does not need to ask for time off or take time off. When and how much time to devote to work, the businessman decides.

The picture called “Your own boss” turned out to be a feast for the eyes. Work for yourself - I don't want to! Is everything so rosy? In fairness, the clear entrepreneurial sky will have to be diluted with a few clouds.

Cons of being an entrepreneur:

• Lack of stability

It is difficult for an entrepreneur to predict how much he will earn this or next month. Sometimes fabulously dense, and sometimes treacherously empty. Therefore, planning income can be difficult.

• Work and work again!

The working day for a businessman is not standardized, therefore, in order to receive a high income, he, as a rule, has to work hard and hard. Many entrepreneurs can only dream of an eight-hour work shift! When all the people are already returning from work, they may be in the midst of a working day. It is worth relaxing - and competitors will bypass at the first turn. By the way, about competing firms. Separate directions entrepreneurial activity so mastered that it will be very problematic to find even a small place under the sun.

• Mandatory availability of start-up capital

And without it, nowhere! Even for elementary registration as an individual entrepreneur, money is also required. But you still have to pay rent, utilities, taxes, etc.

• Lack of work experience

Without proper experience, skills, knowledge, you will have to fill a lot of cones. After all, it is possible that at the stage of establishing their own business, a novice entrepreneur will have to be an accountant, an analyst, and a manager.

• Lack of social security

Paid vacation, sick leave, pension contributions and other social benefits - this, as you remember, is from the story about working "for an uncle."

• Need self-discipline

Many novice businessmen have difficulty getting motivated to work. After all, no one will push you in the back, and there will always be temptations if you wish.

• Work outside the team

This moment is purely individual. Many people even enjoy working alone. But most still need familiar communication in the workforce.

Summing up

We examined in detail all the pros and cons of working "for an uncle" and organizing your own business. It is important to remember that a true professional will always be in demand among employers, and will also be able to receive a decent income by working for himself.

From the moment you enter the free labor market, you must, first of all, learn how to present your product - that is, yourself. Make a detailed resume, collect a portfolio (if any), start pages on the maximum number of freelance sites and communities. Ideally, you can even start your own website, but keep in mind that this will require a small start-up capital and some knowledge of how search engines. If you don’t have either, it’s better to focus on simpler, but no less important little things: for example, set up a signature in e-mail or print at least a hundred visits (it's not that expensive).

2. Give yourself a schedule

Working from home may not be as easy as it seems. TV, telephone, dog and children - all this will certainly distract and seduce you with their closeness and availability. In order not to suffer and not fight temptations all day, set yourself clear work hours with lunch break and tell your family and friends about it. At this time, you completely "fall out" from home life.

But it’s not worth locking yourself in four walls forever. In order not to become a hostage of your own "homework", try to appoint business meetings somewhere in a cafe or client's (customer's) office, and not communicate only by e-mail. Otherwise, unlearn how to talk to people normally, and when you suddenly want to join society again, it will be very difficult to relearn.

3. Never stop working

For a freelancer, all life is a search for a potential order. Not only do you have to go to professional events, browse online "message boards" and surf the Internet for related sites and communities. Ask for "hangouts" and meetings of potential colleagues, be interested in the work affairs of your acquaintances - who knows who and when your professional services may be needed.

Another way to indicate your presence in the market is to publish an article in a small specialized publication with a small circulation, zero fees, but a very important audience for you. In addition, many freelancers take on charitable projects, join programs to help the poor, etc., as this also creates a certain professional reputation.

4. Know your worth

Ignorance of the value of your work is one of the main mistakes of novice freelancers. Yes, a significant "discount" may attract a customer, but, on the other hand, because of the "cheapness" you may be mistaken for a non-professional. Therefore, to begin with, you have to study competitive environment- climb the same professional sites, ask around friends, read the blogs of specialists. Fortunately, the Internet allows you to see the situation both from the position of your competitors and from the position of potential customers; the main thing is not to advertise the goals of your research.

5. Make a detailed plan

When it comes to money, any freelancer must be meticulous. Many employers perceive hired labor as “unofficial”, and therefore they hope that, if anything, the price can be brought down, the fee paid later, and the agreed terms can be completely forgotten - and so on and so forth. Remember: only you yourself will monitor the observance of your rights. Make a detailed step-by-step estimate of your work, indicating the timing, nature of the matter and cost. This will demonstrate to the customer your seriousness and responsibility, and it will help you compare the work on one project with other orders, calculate the time and take into account your costs.

6. Secure your salary

The easier it is for the customer to pay for your work, the better. Therefore, open a bank account, and even better - an electronic wallet.

And again: set clear deadlines and procedures for paying fees. If the amount is large, and the work is long, do not hesitate to demand a deposit - this is normal practice. Of course, this will not protect you 100% from dishonest employers, but it will at least partially confirm the seriousness of the counterparty's intentions.

7. Think Taxes

According to position tax service Russian Federation, any freelancer (although such a concept is not fixed in the legislation) is individual entrepreneur, which means he must register with the Federal Tax Service without education legal entity. To do this, you must contact the registration authority at your place of residence and submit:

Signed statement of state registration according to the approved form;

Original and notarized copy of the passport (for citizens of the Russian Federation) or other official identity document (for foreigners and stateless persons);

Original and notarized copy of the document confirming the address of the place of residence;

Document confirming the payment of the state fee.

Yes, taxes are unpleasant and difficult, BUT: firstly, it is actually more profitable for any company to work with a private entrepreneur than a "statusless" freelancer or firm. And secondly, doing business (namely, Tim is a freelancer from the point of view of the law) without registration is punishable according to the tax and criminal codes - a fine or even imprisonment for up to 6 months.

8. Consider your costs

When setting the price of your services, do not forget about what expenses you will have to endure. Of course, we are not talking about paying for home dinners or hot water, but here electricity (computer operation), communications (Internet), printing and travel to meetings should automatically fall into the final figure in your contract. Well, things like expendable materials(if any) and, of course, the involvement of third-party specialists is generally better to write in a separate line in the estimate and discuss them with the customer in advance. So that later he would not have questions “Who is Pasha the programmer and why should I pay him some money?”.

9. Don't work with friends

Friendship is friendship, but it is better not to mix it with work. Do not engage with comrades and do not involve them as employees. As sad practice shows, this can be the end of your relationship or turn into serious material problems.

If one of your friends or relatives stubbornly stuffs himself into your clients / employees - and it seems somehow inconvenient to refuse, - it’s better to advise him to another pro, referring to the lack of time and the fact that he, the other, is much better versed in question. Save yourself a bunch of nerve cells and protect yourself from unnecessary conflicts.

10. Don't forget to go to the doctor

The lack of an HR department really means that you can "not worry" about sick leaves. Nevertheless, you need to go to the doctor - although many freelancers for medical care do not apply and as a result get sick for several months. Yes, you can sit at home and work with a temperature below 39, sniffing and swallowing analgin, but your performance and productivity, to put it mildly, will leave much to be desired. As a result, you will probably delay the deadlines, and even worse - screw up with the order, and then you will vaguely justify yourself to the customer.

If you are sick, it is better to honestly admit it to yourself, and then to the client. Warn him in advance about the forced delay, be treated under medical supervision, and then return to work and hand over the order.

You can do everything! Try, go through a couple of tests, but reach the end, because this is your life and only you are responsible for how you live!

Work for uncle. Pros and cons.

Let's now discuss the work itself for an uncle, or as it is also called - hired work.

Pros of working for an uncle:

• Stability. It is because of this criterion that more than 90% of people choose hired work. Everyone likes to feel confident in the future, but this is due to not being able to build a business correctly.
• Career. You have the opportunity to develop and climb higher and higher up the career ladder.
• Salary depends on your knowledge and skills(In most cases).

Cons of working for an uncle:

• Enough money only for life and a little more.
• No freedom. For me, this is one of the fattest minuses of hired work, since the lack of freedom is slavery. Work from the word "slave" and there's nothing to be done. This item can also include the fact that the vacation and the work itself are always on schedule.
• There is always someone above you. People at work are constantly intimidated by those who are Above. This can be attributed to the previous point, but I want to highlight this problem.

As you can see, there is good and bad, but once I saw a wonderful quote that shows the greatest delusion and fear of people in our time:

People spend 40 years working and living paycheck to paycheck but are afraid to spend 3 years building successful business and live in chocolate!

It's true, don't you agree? I'm not saying that working for an uncle is bad, because if you like it, you make good money and enjoy life - what's the problem? I know that there is a billionaire in the world who works for hire. Try telling him that being hired is bad 🙂 .

If you personally like working for your uncle, then do not listen to others - work, but if you feel that you can do more, that you are an entrepreneur and can create your own company and develop it - go ahead!

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