I run a modestly successful small gardening business. It took me a year to really get it going properly. For context im in my 30s and have worked in really demanding jobs to get into a position to start something.
Ever since I went full-time my sibling has had this attitude like I just won the lottery and wont share. Other people have also started acting like im driving around in a RollsRoyce with a monocle, I don’t really get it.
I give my sibling left over gardening supplies and i’ve sub contracted another friend who lost their job. Trying to share my success when I can. Whats with the hostility? Have other people experienced this kind of thing?
Don’t talk about it.
Don’t hire friends and family.
I still get shit about not having a “real job” because I work from home. If they knew I’ve been a consultant for the last 8 years and make 4-6x what they make I’d get more shit.
There is currently us against them mentality when it comes to the “rich”. I’m the mentality in general was not helpful for many reasons this has come to include landlords and small business owners. I’ve spoken to a lot of people where they believe the market is a zero sum game. For me to win somebody else had to be lose therefore I am evil.
It’s nonsense and it’s why they will always remain poor.
Yeah it’s an old time mentality. Might have been more apt during the gilded age. These days, I haven’t met a small business owner who doesn’t work hard, even the ones who already had money to begin with.
“I still get shit about not having a “real job” because I work from home. If they knew I’ve been a consultant for the last 8 years and make 4-6x what they make I’d get more shit.”
My friend group actually has a running joke of the ‘least employed friends’ but it is expressly for those making crazy money while working limited weekly hours. It is also definitely done in a ‘good for you!’ sense.
Crazy people are going around especially post covid calling a work from home not a real job