For anyone who evolved from a salaried employee to an entrepreneur or business owner, the consideration for the loss of the total cost of employment needs to be evaluated and considered at some point in time. As an employee worker myself, we are often over-represented by the amount of gross salary we earned, without factoring other remuneration or benefits which could be equally as important to making decisions. Other benefits that we should be factoring in our consideration should also include our performance variable bonus, annual wage supplement, medical, paid leave, allowances, social security employer's contribution and others. These are the monetary factors which can easily be converted and factored into the total cost of employment. Then there are the non-monetary benefits which should also be considered - interaction with colleagues, social activities and corporate fighting mentality. Once we leave the corporate world, we leave all of these things behind ......