Your Side Hustle Sucks Compared to Working for a Big Company

For all the freedom you gain, you miss out on many things when working for yourself

James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA
ILLUMINATION
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4 min readApr 21, 2023

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I’ll keep this short because I know you’re busy.

In fact, if you’re running your own business and working from home, you’re busier than most of the people I know working for big companies.

That’s because it’s much easier to coast when you’re not the only one responsible for bringing in business and paying the bills.

The fact that Twitter could lay off three-quarters of its employees with no noticeable effect on the company’s operations is the clearest proof you could ask for that many employees are doing fuck-all with their days while still collecting a paycheck.

The Many Benefits of Corporate Employment

The material benefits are real

Employees joke about how much value they get in mooching free office supplies at work. It’s less of a laughing matter once you’re paying for everything yourself. Those printers, ink, pens, envelopes, and postage add up!

That’s the very least of it. Your company also supplies you with a computer and phone and makes sure they are kept up-to-date. I…

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James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA
ILLUMINATION

Mechanic of the human soul. I channel Seneca and Machiavelli at predictable intervals (now weekly)