I speak to a whole lot of people who want to leave their in-house roles to transition into entrepreneurship.
These are generally sharp, talented people who I'm confident could succeed in solopreneurship, but something always holds them back.
It's usually fear: fear of losing their steady paycheck, fear of losing company benefits, fear of not finding immediate success.
And yet, I'm often reminded that the potential to lose these same things as a full-time employee lurks justtt under the surface of your awareness working at any full-time job.
You might not like to think about it and can probably ignore it most days, but it's always there—especially in this market.
I spoke with a friend whose entire division was eliminated yesterday. Like flipping a light switch, 1k of his colleagues lost their salary, benefits, and, frankly, part of their identities as working professionals.
They each received 30 days of severance. And if you've been paying attention to this genuinely wild job market, you know that 30 days is not enough time to find a new job and recoup what they're losing.
That salary they couldn't walk away from? It's gone. Their benefits? Those are gone, too.
The situation they find themselves in is the same as if they had quit their job a month ago. The only difference is that somebody else made that decision for them. And that sucks.
So, to anyone considering going out on their own, I want to remind you that job security at any organization is a myth.
I'm not saying that the self-employed life is for everyone; I'm just saying that "job security" shouldn't be the thing that stops you from taking a chance on yourself if you feel called to do so.
Because, gosh, I'd so rather bet on myself than leave my future up to someone else.
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