Self-employed entrepreneurs without personnel (zzp’ers) were asked whether they would prefer to work in salaried employment or as self-employed if they could freely choose. Among the 1.2 million zzp’ers, the share who prefer salaried employment has remained around 11 percent since 2017. Zzp’ers in commercial (7 percent) and agricultural professions (8 percent) want this least often.
Of the zzp’ers, 81 percent are satisfied or very satisfied with their work, 79 percent are satisfied with the working conditions. Of those who are not satisfied with their work, 30 percent prefer to work in salaried employment, while among satisfied zzp’ers this is 7 percent.
Zzp’ers who are not satisfied with their working conditions would also more often choose salaried employment if free to choose (20 percent) than those who are satisfied with them (9 percent).
Almost half of the zzp’ers worry about the future of their business. Of them, 14 percent prefer a salaried job. Among zzp’ers who do not worry about this, it is 8 percent.
About 4 in 10 zzp’ers find complying with and keeping up with legislation (administrative burden) (very) burdensome. Of them, 13 percent prefer to work in salaried employment, compared to 9 percent of entrepreneurs who do not find this (very) burdensome.
