The longer I work in the corporate world, the more I realise how I need to start my own business

[Koba St]

I mean, I make decent money and I like the job, but the constant ass kissing, knowing that someone has your career in their hands and could end it, slaving away to make someone else very rich and knowing you’ll never ever come close to being wealthy even if you reach the top of this company is depressing. And all for at best six figures a year before taxes.

Start my own business, control my own destiny, when I’m slaving away putting in mega hours a week, I know I’m building something for myself and that’ll push me even further. It’s hard and I could settle for the comfort of a regular paycheck in corporate but it’ll just make me depressed and wonder if. Given the choice between making 60k a year from my own business and 100k a year working for someone else, I’ll pick the former easily.

I’ve been saying it for a long time but a series of events at work has made me realise how vulnerable I really am in this corporate world and it’s time I took my own destiny in my hands. Also I’m not married, no kids and no baggage so I’ve got nothing to lose.

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

Corporate world? That's every job cutty.

 

[Nobu]

I feel you. There's too much money to be made online that I gotta find something to supplement a salary whether YouTube, dropshipping brand, etc. If teens can figure out how to make good money online then so should I. It's just getting started and staying committed in the beginning thats the tough part.

 

[BasketCase]

Do you know what kind of business you want to start yet?

 

[CrimsonTider]

Corporate world? That's every job cutty.

It’s starting your own business too

 

[ChiefKenji]

I agree with everything you said.
Even registered my business on 31/12/19 to at least kick it off in 2020.

Dont even know what im going to start the business in but somehow, money has to be made via that business.

 

[MikelArteta]

every job unless you are your own boss is the same, doesn't matter how great you are at your job you can walk into work on monday get called to a meeting and a hr manager is there with your boss and they are telling you that they are letting you go.

 

[TRUEST]

It makes me smile when I hear black people thinking like this.

Working for yourself is scary. But working for someone else is a shaky concept. Things can change.

To the OP, follow your heart. But have money saved up. You’re in the best position to do this. No kids, not married, no baggage. God bless.

 

[Tom Foolery]

Imma argue against you and say if you could successful start your own business, you would have already.

 

[videogamestashbox.com]

I've been said, corp bruhs should treat that shyt how (smart)street bruhs treat the dope game. Make enough so you can flip it and go legit (own your on legit business). There is simply more of an incentive to do that with jail & bullets on the horizon.

5 years+/- of work is enough to stack away a nice bit of investment change. Provided the person hasn't been blowing it on frivolous shyt. Folks who don't want to open a business should find one(EDIT: actually a couple ....never invest all in one pot) they believe in and strike up a profit sharing agreement with the owner(s) in exchange for funding.

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[Canon]

every job unless you are your own boss is the same, doesn't matter how great you are at your job you can walk into work on monday get called to a meeting and a hr manager is there with your boss and they are telling you that they are letting you go.

yeah i have a pretty good job but the anxiety associated with something like this happening is crazy

 

[MikelArteta]

yeah i have a pretty good job but the anxiety associated with something like this happening is crazy

like 6 years ago I had it happened to me, 40 people in my department 20 were called to one room and said they were kept and 20 to the other which i was apart of and we were told our jobs are being eliminated. Could either take a package 5 weeks for every 1 year or apply for other openings in the organization.

I applied for another job and got it but left like 8 months later wish i took the package.

But yeah dudes were in that room with me who were there for 30 years. I remember one dude in there with me never took a sick day for like 20 years, none of that ish matters you are just a number

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

I mean, I make decent money and I like the job, but the constant ass kissing, knowing that someone has your career in their hands and could end it, slaving away to make someone else very rich and knowing you’ll never ever come close to being wealthy even if you reach the top of this company is depressing. And all for at best six figures a year before taxes.

Start my own business, control my own destiny, when I’m slaving away putting in mega hours a week, I know I’m building something for myself and that’ll push me even further. It’s hard and I could settle for the comfort of a regular paycheck in corporate but it’ll just make me depressed and wonder if. Given the choice between making 60k a year from my own business and 100k a year working for someone else, I’ll pick the former easily.

I’ve been saying it for a long time but a series of events at work has made me realise how vulnerable I really am in this corporate world and it’s time I took my own destiny in my hands. Also I’m not married, no kids and no baggage so I’ve got nothing to lose.

Couldn't do it and never had to. I walked away from corporate life with my dignity. I was lucky to work around leaders who didn't buy into ass kissing out of sheer luck but I could see the limitations to trying to climb ladders in that world while not willing to commit to that lifestyle mentally. I made an exit.

We make a lot of compromises in life it's just about being able to live with em.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

like 6 years ago I had it happened to me, 40 people in my department 20 were called to one room and said they were kept and 20 to the other which i was apart of and we were told our jobs are being eliminated. Could either take a package 5 weeks for every 1 year or apply for other openings in the organization.

I applied for another job and got it but left like 8 months later wish i took the package.

But yeah dudes were in that room with me who were there for 30 years. I remember one dude in there with me never took a sick day for like 20 years, none of that ish matters you are just a number

I had this exact scenario while working with a former coli poster. That day I saved 30 jobs, nobody was willing to speak in the meeting, they flew in an exec from the U.S. to lay us off. But they were trying to can us with 2 weeks pay over some trumped up shyt and I exposed them with e-mails (they had been holding back work from us then accusing us of under performing). Local bosses were mad as hell but I had receipts so they made us commit to terms to keep our jobs since they couldn't fire us. The former coli poster was the only clown that bulked and took the 2 week pay but then again his name was @SirBiatch. A tall dummy ass kissing incompetent clown . Not one other person spoke up for themselves and not one person thanked me. They were all bout to take that shyt laying down and we kept our jobs. Until the recession

 

[Serious]

Consider retooling, with some certs in IT or cybersecurity.

Then you can contract your services out as a consultant.

I know me personally, that 9 to 5 aint it.

Because its not really a 9 to 5, its really a 6 to 7pm. And by the time I get home im lifeless. That aint it.