Nah siblings. Theres a hack: self-employment. Work for your goddamn selves. Get the money. Call no man boss.
It’s not always easy and it took me years to do it but I did it and… well I think I am pretty special tbh but there are LOTS of people who aren’t and theyre doing just fine. Many subcontractors are not geniuses. Nor do they have to be!
As a part self-employed, part regularly employed myself, it has its drawbacks.
You have little to no protections as a worker, and bear a lot of the risks. You may run out of orders or get sick and you’re the only person responsible for your safety net. Given that self-employment quite often pays less than regular one, this might be a big issue.
But on a bright side, there’s so much more freedom in this. You choose what to do, and unless you run a place or something, you choose when and sometimes even where you do it.
For me, I found a very welcoming space for self-employment, particularly research contracts. Projects take anything from 3 months to a few years, and you only have to check in once a few months to tell how it’s going and what’s next. I have full access to the laboratory resources I need, and half of the job is paperwork (compiling sources, devising methods, referencing against equipment, estimating bills, writing reports, writing articles for public projects, applying for new projects…) that can be done from home.
So, I can easily take a week off this part if I need time for personal projects, and can double down when I feel I can pull it off. This reduces mental strain dramatically, though requires some level of discipline. Pay is not overwhelming, but it keeps me afloat. So, overall, I’m happy with my choices.
The second day of school is always worse than the first.
And then the third day is worse than the second.
This continues throughout your life until you die.
Only in America. In other places, you graduate or drop out before dying.
Is this a school shooting joke?
School shootings aren’t a joke, Jim!
Your username makes this suspicious
Until you get a job and it starts all over again
I was alluding to gun violence in American schools, but okay.
Maybe they work for the postal service
Nah siblings. Theres a hack: self-employment. Work for your goddamn selves. Get the money. Call no man boss.
It’s not always easy and it took me years to do it but I did it and… well I think I am pretty special tbh but there are LOTS of people who aren’t and theyre doing just fine. Many subcontractors are not geniuses. Nor do they have to be!
Fuck a job, get a trade.
As a part self-employed, part regularly employed myself, it has its drawbacks.
You have little to no protections as a worker, and bear a lot of the risks. You may run out of orders or get sick and you’re the only person responsible for your safety net. Given that self-employment quite often pays less than regular one, this might be a big issue.
But on a bright side, there’s so much more freedom in this. You choose what to do, and unless you run a place or something, you choose when and sometimes even where you do it.
For me, I found a very welcoming space for self-employment, particularly research contracts. Projects take anything from 3 months to a few years, and you only have to check in once a few months to tell how it’s going and what’s next. I have full access to the laboratory resources I need, and half of the job is paperwork (compiling sources, devising methods, referencing against equipment, estimating bills, writing reports, writing articles for public projects, applying for new projects…) that can be done from home.
So, I can easily take a week off this part if I need time for personal projects, and can double down when I feel I can pull it off. This reduces mental strain dramatically, though requires some level of discipline. Pay is not overwhelming, but it keeps me afloat. So, overall, I’m happy with my choices.
I’ve been self employed. Not only was my boss a slave driver he’d jerk me off three times a day and fuck my wife
Ease up Rodney Dangerfield, this is a young audience
No respect, I tell ya