Self-Employment Reviews

I've been self-employed for the last two years, following ten years of employment as an engineer. I really enjoy the challenges and opportunities of being self-employed, but I can see advantages and disadvantages of self-employment vs. employment. I really believes it comes down to your personality and personal preferences regarding ...  Read the complete review

Self-employment; only the seriously masochistic need apply. Having been self-employed for the best part of thirty years, I think I am ready to make a judgement on whether it's better to be employed or self-employed. You may be reading this because you are considering the possibility and I hope this article will aid your decision. Many ...  Read the complete review

I went self employed a long time ago - I started sub contracting in the 1980s, from a kind of agency, and after a few years of that, I'd really had enough, so I went in with another colleague I'd met there, and we've been working together - self employed, doing our own accounts, but cooperating constantly - ever since. And that's twenty years ...  Read the complete review

I have a very good job, and have had ever since I left school, but after 10 years in the same place, I found myself stuck in the proverbial rut, and not sure how to get out of it. This coincided with the sudden death of my Father, who had not yet reached retirement age. I had been given the kick up the backside I needed - life is too short to be ...  Read the complete review

I have always been self employed, that is for the past seven years. I work as a private music tutor teaching from home, and as a composer. Like someone else said, it isn't for the feint hearted. It requires a lot of hard work and dedication, often for little or no return. The other side of the coin is that when the hard work and dedication pay ...  Read the complete review

Choosing to be self employed is not for the feint hearted! About me My experience is as a part time stay at home mum with my husband working full time and earning enough to support us hence I can't write about the pressure of it as anything I earn we treat as an extra bonus. I'm an artist and this sort of business ...  Read the complete review

I became self employed nearly four years ago, though I prefer to see it as semi retired. The main reasons that I became self employed were to work less (I curently work about 10 days per month) and to get away from the mania that was involved in my previous work. The job I left was that of substance misuse commissioning manager, which, ...  Read the complete review

Becoming self-employed is not an easy option. It might seem like it when you think about working when you want to, taking time off when you feel like it and generally doing as you please. Many people see it as 'freedom' but in most cases it is just the opposite. Unless you are making really big profits and can afford to have some else to do the ...  Read the complete review

I had been unemployed for several years before I even considered trying my hand at something completely independently. I took a step back and looked at my parents lives. They had always been self employed as long as I could remember and they had always been extremely successful right from the start. It couldn't have been their business skills ...  Read the complete review

I started my own business in 2001. It was out of uncertainty about the future really that I set up. Namely I was in a full time job and finally (after a couple of years trying) fell pregnant. I returned to work part time and put my son into day care while I did it. I knew I wanted another child in the future and also knew that child ...  Read the complete review

I have been self employed for a few years now, working from home, running my own businesses, as welll as working with other companies. It's not for the faint hearted! Although it may seem like the easy option, you need to be very disciplined, organised, and motivated - there is no-one to tell you to get up, start work etc, so it is ...  Read the complete review

Its days like this that I really enjoy being self employed, my daughter is off school ill and I can stay home and look after her. I don?t have to worry about having the day off or losing a days pay. I have been self employed for the past 5 years and would now find it very difficult to have to go and work for someone else and not be ...  Read the complete review

For those of you who can remember the halcyon days of Children's Television in the late 70s and early 80s when Tiswas, Swapshop et alii abound, then you'll certainly remember Mr Benn. Mr Benn used to go to a fancy dress shop every week and have an amazing adventure, being a knight one week, a chef the next etc. Well unfortunately ...  Read the complete review

It is a risk to chose self employment over the tolerable stability offered by conventional employemnt - you never know if you are going to be able to pay the bills, much less yourself. Going it alone should be seriously considered - it is't an easy option, the odds are very good that you won't make your fortune and it is very hard work. ...  Read the complete review

I have worked for Walsall MBC for almost 30 years starting as Office Junior and working my way up to Local Government Accountant. For the most part I enjoyed my work with Walsall, but have had to give it up due to ill health. I am in the enviable position of not HAVING to work as my partner is in full time employment and I did get 3 months notice ...  Read the complete review

It is getting more difficult by the day to find secure employment in our country, and if you are unfortunate enough not to have any skills then it is nigh on impossible to find work. In our town the majority of people are signing on as unemployed, it is a sad fact but work is very scarce unless you are prepared to take on part time bar ...  Read the complete review