Said It Here

Should I keep building my solo practice or take a safe job?

Deciding whether to bet on yourself or take a secure position leaves you weighing the safety of a steady salary against the frustration of being undervalued by corporate owners. When wages lag behind inflation, the pressure to abandon a new practice for guaranteed income makes it difficult to know whether to stay the course or choose the boring safe route.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Choosing between taking a stable corporate job or continuing to grow a startup firm
  2. 2
    Staying at the company despite stagnant pay and poor management
  3. 3
    Accepting lower compensation relative to realized billings

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.

“Sooo, my company got purchased by private equity about 15 months ago.”source ↗

“Wages are severely lacking behind inflation.”source ↗

“I feel that I need to go out on my own now, because no matter what whoever owns the company is just going to say you’re not worth it.”source ↗

CalTheHutt · r/Accounting · 7 upvotes

“Should I do the boring safe thing or continue to bet on myself? Anyone with similar experience?”source ↗

canoe_012 · r/Accounting · 2 upvotes

Where this came up

r/Accountingaccountingcareer changecareer transitioncompensationentrepreneurship

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