A self-employed person argues that hiring an apprentice is worth it for the company alone. You get daily conversation, banter, and a window into how a younger generation thinks. The financial cost matters less than the emotional support.
Self-employment can be very lonely, and having an apprentice there— yes, they're a financial drain, yes, they might annoy you with their lack of drive, but it's someone there and someone you can have conversations with and you can banter with. It's so interesting for me to learn about this generation and how they talk and what they think is important and things like that. I find it completely mind-blown. So For me, maybe it's more of an emotional thing, but it can't be anything else because you don't get any financial reward from having an apprentice, do you?
Your Profit Is More Than Your Salary: Pricing A Trades Business w/ Doug D'Aubrey
Is taking over another gas business a realistic alternative to hiring from scratch?
He Took Over Another Gas Business After 3 Years As A Sole Trader w/ Dan Giles
