Being a better employee just means working your ass off harder for the same pay. I’m a hard working person with a lot of integrity (for instance I would never lie, steal, or cheat my employer). However, I find the employer-employee relationship to be unbalanced and in most cases, the employer is looking to make as much money off your time and effort as possible while paying you as little as possible. (DUH) Perhaps in my field, social services, this is even more so because everyone is truly working on a tight budget. But I’ve been consistently undervalued and underpaid by employers and then asked to do more, do someone else’s job, work weekends etc. for the same pay. Sorry but… NO. So in this spirit I have decided to begin working for myself. I know it’ll be hard and all of the responsibility (collecting fees, paperwork, taxes) will fall on me… but at least I’ll be getting paid what I’m worth…