Unfortunately, that fear is always going to be there as long as you don’t have a backup plan. The beauty of starting a business on the side and having alternate forms of income is that you will feel more financially secure in case anything happens. Having this extra security will also help you enjoy your job more or allow you to take additional action (such as switching jobs) without fear of the consequences.

Feels like a complete trap to me, as I have worked at my current employier for a while and have all the workers rights that go with such time. I have turned down some great jobs, that are twice the earnings I get now, in the fear that I could lose them, if one of these companys I was in, suddenly decided to make people redundant. As the saying goes, last in, first out. If I was to start a new job, I would lose the right to redundance pay, for a while, while I built up new time with my new employer.

Sometimes I wish I had been on benifits when I had got these job offers, as then I could of gone down the root of, “well I have nothing now, so there is nothing to lose to taking the job”. But then, the reason that they probably where intrested in me in the first place was because of my work experience, plus I’m doing good at my current place, even that I have been bullied and the pay/work conditions are rubbish.

Thing that annoys me is that a new employer would have to give me nothing and 5 mins notice if they decided to make people redundant in their work place and as they have been there for less than a year, it make sence to go for new staff, as they would have less rights and cost less. Current staff would need to go down the procedure root, get notice and redundance pay.

That’s the trap, if I stay at my current employer, they have to follow the system and I get 5 months pay, plus notice and protected from unfair dismissal, if I go to a new employer, I’m not. Plus I have bills to pay. Not saying they would want to remove me, it’s the fear they might or could.

I’m a college student who is looking forward to start an online business in the future.

All entreprenuers stress on taking action, but the main resource I lack is the money!

I’m a college student who doesn’t have a part time job and I’ve been looking for weeks. It’s been hard, but… I’m using my break time to send in applications online and read books at Barnes and Nobles about entreprenuership, marketing, sales, SEO, blog content… all of that stuff! I wish Barnes and Nobles was a library… I almost walked out with a stack of books hahaha.

i like the way you wrote it.

kicking idleness’ ass. there’s always a way, always some way to make it happen.

stumbled!!

alex – unleash reality

Wow! I agree my friend. People become complacent and stop pursuing/striving toward higher goals while settling for much less. We’re capable of a lot more than we realize. Way to bring it! Stumbled!

-Mig

@JMom
Cool. BTW, I just stopped by your blog and your last post was hilarious. I guess girls are more inclined to talk at an early age:)