A top finding of the study is that once people become self-employed, they tend to be happy with the change. (Photo: Josep Suria/Adobe Stock)
A new survey on the "Great Resignation" finds an interesting paradox: the more satisfied a professional worker is with their employment, the higher interest they have in self-employment.
That counterintuitive finding is from a new survey of 3,000 professionals with range of employment situations, conducted by Freshbooks, a cloud accounting software firm. The study found that 40% of traditionally employed professionals said they are thinking about switching to self-employment, with nearly half that number saying self-employment is their top goal in life.
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