14 things you’ll only understand if you’re self-employed

There are 4.5 million self-employed workers in the UK and we know things the normal working world doesn’t.

Here are 14 things you’ll only really understand if you’re still in your dressing gown at 2pm.

Real jobs are a lot less risky

Holiday pay, sick pay, regular wages, health and safety, job security… a freelance can only dream of such things.

Your neighbours order a lot of things online

And they expect you to take in their deliveries while they’re at work.

Work always follows the same pattern

And that pattern goes NONE – TOO MUCH – NONE – TOO MUCH – NONE – TOO MUCH

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