Sounds like you're boss isn't the best person to be hanging around with and it seems you already know that.

Going with the friend sounds like the best option here but I agree with the others about getting more info about the business and the details involved in that.

Good luck on whatever you choose!

I would personally go with an option that you haven't listed as a possibility, yet one which I think could work out well for you if you do it right. As people have mentioned, your boss doesn't sound like someone you should be sticking with because if he's going bankrupt, then you can only blame yourself afterwards when even more shit hits the fan with money and job security.

I would advise you to lay a bit of trust in your mate, and see what business plan he has. Make sure he doesn't try to take the piss with you, and make sure from the word go that you get paid for the work you do. If he tries to tell you that you'll have to go short one month because he has to pay some bills, that's not your problem, that's his. He may feel like he can get away with paying you a lower wage because you're a mate, but friendships and business relationships should stay separate.

As mentioned, make sure you don't sign any papers that make you liable for anything if things go tits up. After you've seen a solid business plan, ask yourself if it's something you can do by yourself, and maybe he's just asking you to be a part of it because of your talent? If it's something you can feasibly do by yourself, then go ahead and do it if you feel like it.

Throughout all of this, make sure you have a second part time job to keep you going. When you work under a certain amount of hours, you can also claim benefits for housing to make up payments that you would be getting for working full time, and you wouldn't be officially "employed" by your mate for a while anyway.

thanks a lot for this reply Jack, i told him i dont want to sign anything that comits me to this business, that i would just work for him and get my wage, i guess youre right about the lower wage, the thing is, he told he cant afford me as full wage in the beggining (1 to 2 months) so my only option here is or keep these two months low wage, or say i dont want and we split up there, wich i dont want to hapen

hugo ,

it depends on how good a mate it realy is , how much money you really need for yourself in order to live properly...
i get the feeling you kinda need the money from your current job otherwise you would not have this dillemma
soo i think this would be an option >

if your mate is really your mate (like really a good..) then you should talk to him and tell him you dont want to let him down and pick sides , but you need the current job (the one with good pay) and cant afford to loose it at this moment ..
tell him you def. would love to get into a buisness with him but he just needs to get things sorted / started first in order for you to be able to join and make a living out of it..
also make sure he understands its purely buisness and you only keep the job because you cant afford to loose it at this moment and its not picking sides
its like your not part of the arguement ...

see how his reaction is to all this , i always say just be open and hounest towards your mate , tell him you dont want to get into a situation where you and him get a fight over all this but you need to do what is best , moneywise atm..

after all you travellesd all this way to him to work knowing the conditions are good , now all of the sudden its went bad and you have to maintain your income (pay)

like said it also depends of how good a mate it is , are you that close ? , are you like brothers ? have you always been able to trust and build on him,

and like you said its great if he starts a buisness but you cant get into a buisness / job just because a friends asks or wants it , first thing that is important is yourself

if he would ask you now to invest money in stuff that is sure to go bad you would not do it , if he asks to jump of a cliff with no bunge cord you would not , you would not for your own protection , so its like that you have to look at it ..

al the above would work untill your friend can provide you with a secure income and then you could switch

thanks rich,what i did was, i spoke with him last night, and told him, i cant go with him now, at this time, so i would stick here a little more time until he has his business running, he understood, and actually agreed with me, so im staying here for more maybe 1 to 2 months, then i told him he could employ me as a normal worker, and not actually sharing business, he also agreed, told me if thats what i want ok,
Lets see how this will get sorted, thanks a lot for the tips mates, it helped a lot

gl mate
luck of the irish is with you

lol kinda exactly how i thought about it
good news because atm its the best option , "milk" the current boss a little while longerwith good pay
and then you can hopefully work with your mate if he suceeds to get a steady buisness running

cool m8