Advantages:
The good thing about being an employee is the money. Everybody works for money even if they love what they’re doing. Employees get a set wage; if you’re in a successful business you’re more likely to get paid more. So if you get paid more – you could live a better lifestyle. Every year you will get a certain amount of days free, this counts as your holiday. Depending on what business you work in you could get more days off than others. But the good thing is your getting paid for not working.
Another advantage of being an employee is meeting people. You will be surrounded by other employees, which is a good thing because you could make friends through work and have someone to talk to. You can work as a team and become more confident in your working environment. If you’re lucky you could also find a partner. Another good point is safety, If you are in a good job and work hard you will be rewarded and you could be safe from being fired or made redundant.
Disadvantages:
Of course there are always negative points to everything. Firstly there is always a chance of being stuck in a dead end job. Not earning enough and not enjoying it will make your life hard. There are fewer jobs out there at the moment so everyone is trying to get any job they can get. So there is more chance of getting paid less and not having fun. It depends who you work with and for but there is a chance you could make no friends in your department or wherever you work. There is always a chance you could get fired or made redundant because there are fewer jobs now and more competition. Long hours, Its always a depressing matter but you have to do it.
So overall it’s equal there are both positive and negative points. But it depends on what your job is and whom you work for. You could have a well-paid job and be in a good working environment or, you could be in low paid job and in a bad working environment.
I’m an employee and I work for my mum. I get an average wage and I am working in a good environment. I’m happy where I am at the moment because I’m only 21 but later in life I would like to have a successful job and enjoy what I do.
