Do 4 completely different types of jobs and compare how their payment systems work. Talk to anyone who has ever hired someone else for anything. Learn how waitstaff manage tipping out and income fluctuation. At home, find out how the contractor painting your bathroom structures his business. If you are working, find out who is being paid by your company for what and why. We should of course learn about employer-employee relationships, but we should also learn about outsourcing. We can learn the “rules” through school, or from gainfully employed people around us (parents, relatives, friends, etc), or from society as a whole. But they’re worth learning, because even if your client or employer doesn’t ascribe to traditional “rules,” they come from them in some way. Step one: Learn how things “work.” I put this in quotations, because the modern workplace keeps changing and traditional lessons won’t always apply. Here are the steps I took, steps that could perhaps help you – whether you have a super-secure jobs or not – to navigate these changing times. We need to learn the rules so we can break them. W e all should be taking exactly this advice as we navigate this crazy new world. The whole thing made my brain spin, until he added “You need to learn these rules and follow them before you can break them, so you can break them right.” Sounds horrifying, right? I didn’t know what the deal was until Grade 11, when a creative writing teacher presented the class with a whack-ton of rules for writing. You can love it or hate it, but either way the question is: what do we do now?Īs someone who’s gone full-time freelance, here’s my take.ĭespite having taken an unorthodox career path, I’m a rule-follower like you’ve never seen. Hell, you’re probably living them right now. As a freelancer, I promise you it certainly feels that way.īut, whatever. Or if health insurance is something you need.Īt the same time, switching to a “task not time” way of looking at work – rather than those aforementioned retainers – seems a bit more human. Or if you would like to qualify for a mortgage. If you’re security-driven, this situation really blows. Who’s surprised that companies are moving away from this? Think about it – a full-time office employee is essentially a person on retainer who is protected by a TON of government regulations. And even if a company is kicking ass and taking names, outsourcing and automation often make full-time hiring far from the most business-savvy option. Now that I’m in the position of starting my big-kid life, the vulnerability is less thrilling. Sure, industries being disrupted was exciting when I was a student. How does that change how you look at the world? You’re about as safe in your cosy office job as you would be cold emailing for freelance gigs.
It was like their heads were about to roll off. If the person I was talking to was either a) under 30 years old b) an educator (managers counted, usually), or c) worked in an HR Department, they would aggressively they nod as I said those words. While everyone at least pretended to see the validity of my statement, there was a pattern I noticed. The reason I became a full-time freelancer – or at least, the reason that seemed less wishy-washy than “I just want flexibility, man. This was my explanation for why I quit my job. And when you don’t believe in job security, that changes everything. “See, the thing is, I don’t believe job security exists.
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