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Advantages of Owning a Company

1) Money Matters

Businesses have the opportunity to make more money. Everyone who owns a company need not have a fortune under their name. The company might just give them a living, but not profits. But the chances that an individual will make more money when he owns a company is much greater than when he is an employee. When there is a huge demand for funky jeans and your company’s profit’s sky rocket, as the owner, you are more likely to enjoy the fruits of the profits as compared to if you were an employee.

2) Stay in Control

The best part about owing your company is that you get to be your own boss. Your productivity increases when you get to finish your work in your own terms. As an employee, your biggest disadvantage is that you will have to work in accordance with how your boss wants to get things done, on his/ her schedule and terms. This can hinder you from achieving your own goals and growing professionally. Owning a company, however, will give you the autonomy to follow through with your own vision.

3) Creative Freedom and Flexibility

Owning your own company lets you take the risks that you want to. It is a learning curve that enables you to be a better decision maker and analyse situations effectively. You can always experiment and do things your own way which would be impossible otherwise. Schedules and deadlines can be worked around and the same can be done with the method of working. The office timings and breaks will no longer even be an issue as you can work according to your timetable and send emails out at 4AM, if you want to.

4) Employees and clients

Most workplace cons that people talk about are their fellow co-workers. They can be inefficient or cocky, but they just get on your nerves. When you have your own company, you have the freedom to choose your employees and co-workers and hire them accordingly. If you feel like someone is not doing a good job, you change their roles. You can also choose to be a kind boss that everyone loves. Other than employees, you get choose your clients are as well. For example, a lawyer who is working under a law firm, who is passionate about a cause, cannot pursue it because they don’t have the authority to pick their own clients. This can hinder them from experiencing their job fruitfully.

5) Growth

Having your own company gives you the opportunity to be open to learning. Every decision and choice you make will contribute to your learning and growth. It will let you do the things that you have always wanted to. You can improve yr vocabulary, interpersonal skills as well as your communication skills. When doing things your own way, you grow personally and professionally.

Best Companies In The World

Top Companies

The top 100 best companies in the world include big names like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and so on. These are some of the most recognizable companies around the globe, and are known for their performance. Apart from the top five, companies like Facebook, Alibaba, and JPMorgan Chase also find a place on this list which is dominated by companies based in the United States.

1) Apple

Apple tops the list with a market value of 961 billion, followed by Microsoft with a market value of 946 billion. Founded by Steve Jobs , Steve Wozniak , Ronald Wayne in 1976, Apple Inc. Is headquartered in California. It is involved in the consumer electronics industry, along with software and online services. Together with Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook are considered to be the Big Four of technology services. As of 2018, Apple employs a whooping 132,000 employees, serving worldwide.

2) Microsoft

Microsoft Incorporation is next, with its headquarters in Washington. Ranked at number 30 in the 2018 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue, Microsoft is known for the Microsoft Windows operating systems, along with the Microsoft Office Suite, Internet Explorer, and Edge Web Browsers. As of 2018, Microsoft employees add up to 143,944, with these numbers constantly increasing. Microsoft has been in business for 44 years now and is still thriving in its field.

3) Amazon

The world’s second largest internet company by revenue, Amazon.com comes third on this list. Founded 24 years ago in 1994, the company is currently served by 647,500 employees working all across the globe. Involved in the fields of e-commerce, AI, and cloud computing, it has also expanded into consumer electronics and digital distribution. Its consumer electronics like kindle e-readers, Fire Tablets, and Echo devices are in huge demand today.

4) Alphabet

Alphabet comes fourth on this list, and is the world’s fifth largest company on the basis of revenue. Alphabet is a relatively new company, and it owes its high rank on this list to the fact that it was created through an official reorganization of Google in 2015. This made it the parent company Google and many of Google’s daughter companies. As of 2018, the company has 98.771 employees and mints a revenue of 136.82 billion.

5) Berkshire Hathaway

Fifth on this list is Berkshire Hathaway, an American conglomerate company based in Nebraska. Formerly known as the Valley Falls company until 1955, Berkshire Hathaway has been in existence for about 180 years now. The company owns a diverse range of business in a various fields such as clothing, dairy, jewelry and so on. Warren Buffet, the chairman of the company is one of the key forces behind the growth of Berkshire Hathaway. The company is also involved with retail, real estate, and media.As of 2018, the company employees 389,373 people and generates a revenue of 247.5 billion.

Types of Companies

Types

1) Private

When the business of a company is run with the help of member restriction, it is called private company. These companies are also called private limited companies. Usually, they have a minimum of 2 members and a maximum of 200 members. These companies usually are for smaller businesses where the public isn’t allowed to invest in shares or make any kind of deposits into the company. Private companies don’t allow its members to transfer shares among themselves either. However, they can begin the company with having to wait for a minimum subscription as the shares are allotted within the members itself.

2) Public

A public company may have how many members as possibly needed without a cap to the maximum limit. These companies are public limited companies. The registrar of companies required certain documents to be filled by public companies which include the memorandum of association, articles of association and a prospectus. The paid-up capital that is required for a public company is a minimum of 5 lacs as opposed to the minimum 1 lac required for the private limited companies. Public companies can also accept public deposits unlike private companies.

3) Chartered

When the power of a company to be incorporated is received from a grant of a charter to work, it is called a chartered company. This charter to be incorporated in usually given by a royal member or the like. It is often referred to as the royal charter, the right by a monarch and so on and so forth. Some chartered companies that existed are the famous East India Company as well as the Bank of England which were incorporated by the special orders of the Queen.

4) Statutory

The companies that come into being from a statute or a special act from the parliament is a statutory company. They are usually public companies aimed to provide certain specified features to the public. The state bank of India, Air India and the Life Insurance Corporation are examples of statutory companies that were aimed to provide services of value to the public. The objectives, features, guidelines, limitations, expectations from the employees, rules and regulations and so on are provided by the act from the parliament itself. It is an autonomous corporate body with pre-set functions.

5) Registered

Registered companies are also called incorporated companies as they come into existence after registering themselves under a companies act that is passed by the government. The registration is later approved by the registrar of companies, making the registration legitimate or valid by providing these companies with a certificate of incorporation. They can be registered under the companies act 1956 or any other existing company act. Google India Pvt Ltd is a registered company.

General Policies of a Company

Policies

1) Occupational Safety

Workplace safety is an increasingly important issue today as much as it was years ago. It is important that all potential risks and damages be informed to the employees well in advance and to even include them in the job description. The safety policy must also include the measures that will be taken in case, an employee’s health is at risk. The safety of the workplace itself must be made better by including emergency escapes, following drill evacuations and so on.

2) Equal opportunity

The workplace must be intolerant to any kind of discrimination of its employees. This could be based on their age, economic status, social status, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and so on and so forth. Opportunities that arise in the workplace for growth must be equally available for all its employees despite the said factors.

3) Code of Conduct

Even though workplace ethics and conduct seems obvious, it is better to have them in writing and explicitly stated. It will help the expectations of the company and the employee remain in the same page. General expectations like attendance, punctuality, regularity and dress code can ne mentioned in this policy.

4) Absence Policy

The number of paid leave that an employee can have, the notice that must be given prior absence, steps to be taken after availing a leave, and so on can be discussed in this policy. The various policies regarding sick leave, maternity leave, paternity leave and so on can be mentioned here as well. This policy will help the employees be informed about the procedures and expectations regarding leave taking.

5) Disciplinary actions

Any kind of inappropriate behaviour requires certain actions and measures to be taken against them. This can include workplace harassment, sexual harassment, and discrimination and so on. The action that will be taken and the consequences that such individuals will face from the company need to be mentioned in this policy which will give the employees a feeling of safety in the company.

6) Employee Resignation and termination

The notice period before an employee resigns as well as before s/he gets terminated from the company needs to be mentioned in this policy. The procedures to carry out should also be made clear in the policy. This policy must be introduced to all the employees at the time of induction.

7) Benefits

All the benefits that the current as well as future employees of a company may avail need to be elaborated as well. This can include workplace safety measures, health benefits, increments, vacations and trips, retirement schemes and so on.