I have only one employee. My cleaning lady. My ‘lady who does’. It comes hard to let her go, to put it euphemistically, at this time of year and just after I’ve given her a Christmas box. But I won’t be taken for a ride. What this is all about though, is not whether corners are cleaned and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘self employment’
Why Do-it-yourself is better than employment
Posted in Musings, Work-life balance, tagged cleaning lady, DIY, do-it-yourself, home office, Malta, self employment, working at home on 30 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Made unemployed by Christmas
Posted in Musings, Work-life balance, tagged Christmas, Penelope Trunk, self employment on 28 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although this will sound Scrooge-like, I have to admit I don’t particularly like the Christmas holiday period. If it lasted a mere day or so, then I could probably come to love it. But from my perspective as a micro business and self employed, Christmas and its trappings hurt my turnover for a good quarter of [...]
