Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages of a best home business for 2009 include having a
flexible schedule; integration of family and work responsibilities; less involvement with
others in a regular work environment, such as power struggles and red tape; no commuting time
(unless you travel to a customer’s home or place of business); control of your own personal
environment (temperature, light, work breaks, etc); self-determination and independence;
increasing personal fulfillment; seeking and setting personal goals; enhancing creativity; and
remaining in a community or moving with a spouse to a new community even when jobs are scarce
or not available.
Disadvantages of a best home businesses include needing to know
a lot of information to operate a business successfully; the risk involved in operating a
business; conflict in ownership of time (When is it my “own” time and when is “business”
time?); lack of guaranteed employee fringe benefits; many competing roles and responsibilities
(producer, promoter, bill collector, customer service representative); lack of job security;
loss of home space use by family; interruptions; lack of self-discipline; little opportunity to
delegate tasks to others; long hard hours, and legal requirements including zoning regulations.
Being committed to a business may mean lack of freedom to do other things and to go as you
please.