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| james_s:
Being self employed sounds incredibly stressful to me. I just want to be assigned a job to do, do it, and get a regular paycheck that is the same amount every time. I don't like feast & famine situations where I never know how much to budget for the next month. |
| nctnico:
To me being self employed is like being retired with some jobs on the side ;D I'd tinker with electronics and computers anyway. Having a deadline just makes sure projects actually get finished. |
| fourfathom:
I was self-employed for a while, after I quit a job where the product-line was dying and the rats were leaving the sinking ship. My boss offered to practically double my salary, but a buddy and I quit and did consulting jobs for about a year. I had a wife, three young kids, and a mortgage, but we got by, just barely. It was an interesting experience but I spent too much time finding clients and too little time doing the fun part. So when I got the offer to join one of those risky start-ups I jumped at the chance. My wife was thrilled that I would actually get a regular paycheck again. And that sort of calibrated our attitude towards risk and reward. Speaking of career calibration, perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me (in that department) was early in my career when I got fired for non-quality-of-work reasons. I quickly found a better job, and realized that the employment relationship is not "'til death do us part". You are hired to help the company make money. While there, you try to do a good job. If the company no longer needs you they let you go, one way or another. You owe them your best effort, but not your life. If you have a better opportunity (and the definition of "better" is up to you) then you should take it, while trying to make the transition as easy as practical. In the OP's case, the actions of the company mean the moral obligation to ease the transition no longer exists. Start looking for a better job. |
| tszaboo:
--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on September 08, 2022, 06:55:05 pm --- --- Quote from: tszaboo on September 08, 2022, 05:59:51 pm ---It's also not the Dutch way. --- End quote --- What is the Dutch way? I guess the guy who is stabbing you in the back is Dutch. Is that the Dutch way? Don't forget there are assholes in every culture. --- End quote --- I think you misunderstood. The Dutch way seems to me that everyone in a meeting needs to agree before it can continue. I dont have this, perfectly capable on working on something that I didn't had a say in. |
| langwadt:
--- Quote from: snarkysparky on September 08, 2022, 07:02:49 pm ---I keep enough money saved. The very fcking instant I am told that i am on "notice" I will provide them with a "notice" and they can watch my backside exit. --- End quote --- I don't know how it is in the Nederlands, but here if you quit you have one month notice and after that 3 weeks with no unemployment pay. if you get fired your notice is three months plus an extra month for every three years of employment, so if the company wants to get rid of you they would much prefer you quit rather than firing you |
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