[floridaorange]

After being your own boss - could you ever go back to working for someone else? I love the adventure of big and small months but it’s not my wife’s cup of tea. I’ve flirted with the idea of going to work for someone else again - but by the time I’m ready to make it happen I tend to become very busy with work and set the idea to the side. I’m sure others here have been in my situation - would be interested to hear your thoughts.

[dreamingat30fps]

Originally Posted by floridaorange

After being your own boss - could you ever go back to working for someone else? I love the adventure of big and small months but it’s not my wife’s cup of tea. I’ve flirted with the idea of going to work for someone else again - but by the time I’m ready to make it happen I tend to become very busy with work and set the idea to the side. I’m sure others here have been in my situation - would be interested to hear your thoughts.

Hell noooooo!!!! Literally my only goal is to save up enough so incase the shit hits the fan and something happens with my business I can just retire. Won't go back to a regular job unless I'm about to be homeless.

But then my business is pretty much completely online except a few events I go to each year. Maybe if my business involved me sitting in an office all day like a regular job and paid the same as a regular job then I'm not sure I would care much either way.

[chassis]

Done both. Prefer my own gig, but both have pros and cons.

[Watching The World Burn]

Its a little exhausting at the moment, but unlikely I'd want to go back.

[S1nner]

Nah...hopefully never again, unless I don't have another choice.

[xander_g]

Having done the corporate thing with the nice office and reserved parking spot and having gone out on my own, I could never go back to climbing someone else's ladder.

Running your own business can be very challenging at times but a lot more rewarding.

Pros and cons to both, so perception vs perspective kinda deal.

[Alfisti]

WHat do y'all do for a gig?

[Watching The World Burn]

Tax accountant.

As much as employees can be exhausting, I'm hoping to grow the business enough to take on another accountant in a year or two. Currently have one CPA working for me, would like two...probably offer the current guy a partnership buy in opportunity in a few years if he's working out.

[ZL9M2]

I would never work for someone. I haven't since college - 35 yrs ago.

[Manny01]

I work at a massive Mega Corp. Wife is the owner operator of a medical billing company.

We'd both switch places in a heart beat.

Something tells me the grass isn't always greener.

[Ginster6]

being the boss is always good. I own 2-1/2 different companies.

Only problem the staff will never work as hard as you. so most of the times you end up doing it.

[Watching The World Burn]

Originally Posted by Ginster6

being the boss is always good. I own 2-1/2 different companies.

Only problem the staff will never work as hard as you. so most of the times you end up doing it.

Precisely. But then again, why should they? I'm not suffering from any delusional thoughts that they care about my business like I do, and they aren't frankly compensated to care the same as I do. Care, yes, just not to the same extent.

Which is why it is exhausting at times.

For example, the last 50-60 tax returns I just went through, I'd say at least half had little errors in them. Generally not the same one over and over, but I would either correct it (after I called the client to get the missing info) or I'd give it back to them to correct it so that they can learn from it if I thought it was repeating. These are errors that maybe saved the client $400 - $800 on average I'd guess and they are also errors that the client would never ever notice. I *could* have just processed them as is and not corrected anything and it would have saved me a lot more time instead of me working till about 11pm every night in April M-F, and during the day on Saturdays. I *could* have. But I can't really, because I care. They don't. But I know that, and prepare for it.

Ultimately, having staff can sometimes be a bit like adult babysitting. But when you do too much of it, its time to cut the umbilical cord and let the adult go to other opportunities.