Ask HN: Any advice for switching from self-employment back to employee?
Throw-away account for confidentially. I've been self employed for about 15 years, and am contemplating a return to the workforce as an employee. While the relative freedom of self employment has been a net positive, and I've had steady work through that entire time, I'm in a different place than I was 15 years ago, with a family, a home, and additional responsibilities which make self employment more challenging.
I'm wondering if those that have made this switch back to being an employee of a larger organization after a period of self-employment have any advice. I'm finding it difficult to even compare self employment to an employee role when it comes to basics like salary requirements considering most jobs include a benefits package that don't always have direct corollaries in a self-employment scenario.
What's your best advice for how to approach this transition and evaluate whether it might be the right time to change?
I'm wondering if those that have made this switch back to being an employee of a larger organization after a period of self-employment have any advice. I'm finding it difficult to even compare self employment to an employee role when it comes to basics like salary requirements considering most jobs include a benefits package that don't always have direct corollaries in a self-employment scenario.
What's your best advice for how to approach this transition and evaluate whether it might be the right time to change?