Making the transition from being an owner to being an employee can really be hard. First there’s your pride. Then it takes getting used to taking orders from someone when you didn’t used to have to answer to someone but yourself. A friend of mine used to own a small cafeteria. He’s a great cook and his customers loved his cooking. But when popular fast foods and hipper restaurants came to the city, he just couldn’t keep up with competition. Slowly his customers dwindled until finally he decided to close shop.
His cousin heard about this and offered to buy his business out instead on the condition that he would remain on the establishment to do the cooking. He readily and happily agreed. At first it was fine. But after some time, he was getting tired of getting orders from his cousin and having to explain the expenses and everything.
He started thinking about resigning from his post. On the other hand, he told himself that he gave his cousin his word so he better keep it. As professional that he was, he did stay in the business.
That was six years ago. The business flourished and his cousin was so happy with him that he made him partner. But that is beside the point, being professional means keeping your word. Even if it was so hard for him, he stayed and did his work. In addition to that, my friend said he learned a lot from the experience. He learned more about the business side of things rather than just concentrating on cooking. Also, doing hard work could really have its rewards. Look at my friend now. Instead of losing a business and being jobless altogether, he’s got the job that loves most and he was able to keep the business as well.
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