Catters 070911
Club Legend
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2,270
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- AFL Club
- Geelong
- Banned
- #1
I hear all the time, people complaining about their job, how much they are paid, and how they hate their boss.
Well, if you think you have it bad, I would suggest that you try something.
Start your own business.
I have worked in small business for most of my working life, in the family newsagency. People who think bosses have it their own way need to become their own boss, and they will soon realize how hard it is.
My parents ran the newsagency, and the amount of work they had to do, and how many parties they are answerable to, is unbelievable.
We had to answer to the magazine companies, the newspaper companies, Tattslotto, and other stockists, as well as subagents and customers. Each wants you to cater to them, and the pressure plies on.
In small business, you don't get much time off, and few holidays, and to organize one involves so many factors to consider, you will feel like a holiday after organising it.
As the boss, everything is riding on you to make it work. You can lose your house if it doesn't.
Many also complain about wages, and what they are entitled to.
Try being the one who pays the wages, when you have to include all the extra entitlements (e.g. super, extra time). After that, you may not be so quick to say that bosses are greedy and stopping you from paying you what YOU think you are entitled to.
I don't know, it annoys me when Leftists and others lump all businesses together, like running a business is a charmed life, and all bosses have total autonomy.
Now, some may say, to then not run a business. But the alternative is to work for someone else.
I think most people who think that bosses are bad and the worker is always the one who has it hard has never run or have had loved ones who have run a small business.
Sure, big major companies, some of these shady things might be happening, but please don't include "mom and pop" stores in your rants, because of a lot of those people work hard to keep things running, making personal sacrifices to stay in business.
The biggest cost can be your health as well. We hear a lot about workplace safety, and it is vitally important, but running a business can be detrimental to your health, like it did to my late father, whose career as a boss was ended by a massive heart attack, which took him a week later in hospital after being in an induced coma. People who run small businesses work bloody hard, and not all of them are living the high life and making millions. So please consider these things, before bagging bosses and businesses. Most businesses are small businesses and deserve more support.
Well, if you think you have it bad, I would suggest that you try something.
Start your own business.
I have worked in small business for most of my working life, in the family newsagency. People who think bosses have it their own way need to become their own boss, and they will soon realize how hard it is.
My parents ran the newsagency, and the amount of work they had to do, and how many parties they are answerable to, is unbelievable.
We had to answer to the magazine companies, the newspaper companies, Tattslotto, and other stockists, as well as subagents and customers. Each wants you to cater to them, and the pressure plies on.
In small business, you don't get much time off, and few holidays, and to organize one involves so many factors to consider, you will feel like a holiday after organising it.
As the boss, everything is riding on you to make it work. You can lose your house if it doesn't.
Many also complain about wages, and what they are entitled to.
Try being the one who pays the wages, when you have to include all the extra entitlements (e.g. super, extra time). After that, you may not be so quick to say that bosses are greedy and stopping you from paying you what YOU think you are entitled to.
I don't know, it annoys me when Leftists and others lump all businesses together, like running a business is a charmed life, and all bosses have total autonomy.
Now, some may say, to then not run a business. But the alternative is to work for someone else.
I think most people who think that bosses are bad and the worker is always the one who has it hard has never run or have had loved ones who have run a small business.
Sure, big major companies, some of these shady things might be happening, but please don't include "mom and pop" stores in your rants, because of a lot of those people work hard to keep things running, making personal sacrifices to stay in business.
The biggest cost can be your health as well. We hear a lot about workplace safety, and it is vitally important, but running a business can be detrimental to your health, like it did to my late father, whose career as a boss was ended by a massive heart attack, which took him a week later in hospital after being in an induced coma. People who run small businesses work bloody hard, and not all of them are living the high life and making millions. So please consider these things, before bagging bosses and businesses. Most businesses are small businesses and deserve more support.