{"id":6776,"date":"2012-06-28T16:19:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T16:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=6776"},"modified":"2023-04-03T14:15:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T18:15:13","slug":"own-a-franchise-keep-day-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/own-a-franchise-keep-day-job","title":{"rendered":"Can You Be a Part-Time Franchisee?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Cockpit Poser by Presleyjesus, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jesuspresley\/384080245\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/124\/384080245_9489a17c36.jpg\" alt=\"Cockpit Poser\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you know that it&#8217;s entirely possible to be an\u00a0<strong>owner of a franchise<\/strong> and\u00a0<em>keep<\/em> your <strong>day job<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Most of the people that call on me for advice and <a title=\" franchise consultant services \" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-consultants\">franchise consulting<\/a> requests, aren&#8217;t aware of <em>the plethora<\/em> of franchises out there that offer some very flexible arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Does having a bit of flexibility sound nice?<\/p>\n<h2>Your Day Job<\/h2>\n<p>Now, before you pick a day or two on the calendar to blow off work, so you can start investigating <a title=\"franchises to buy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisedirect.com\/?utm_source=Joel-FranchiseKing&amp;utm_medium=CPC&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_campaign=King2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a few different franchises to buy<\/a>, read the next line;<\/p>\n<p>I was being sarcastic, (<em>big surprise<\/em>) when I used the word, &#8220;<em>plethora,<\/em>&#8221; up above. There are really <em>only a few franchise concepts available that offer the freedom and flexibility that can allow you to keep your day job<\/em>, and be an owner. Here&#8217;s why;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Most franchise businesses need The Owner on site<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, The Owner is the face of the business, and runs the business. Even <a title=\"mcdonald's franchisees\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/the-mcdonalds-franchise\">a major\u00a0league franchise like this one<\/a> requires The Owner-the franchisee, to be there during business hours.<br \/>\n(<em>At first<\/em>)<\/p>\n<h2>These Franchisees Had To Leave Their Jobs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"batteries plus franchisees\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/womens-franchise-contest-winner-learns-the-history-of-franchising\">Mike Burzminski own a Batteries Plus franchise<\/a>. (<em>3 actually<\/em>) He couldn&#8217;t keep his job and run his businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"cleaning services canton akron ohio\" href=\"https:\/\/neohio.maidbrigade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Margie Toombs<\/a> and her husband, Ray, own a <a title=\"maid brigade franchise tips\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/5-tips-on-how-to-run-a-wildly-successful-franchise-business\">Maid Brigade franchise<\/a>. Again, they are not part-time franchisees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Pat McCoy owns \u00a03 <a title=\"snap fitness streetsboro\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snapfitness.com\/streetsboro?rtid=A12C745C-34E5-41C3-B5B1-73AA7FC07A1D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snap Fitness<\/a> franchises. He didn&#8217;t keep his day job, either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As much as the three franchisees that I worked with probably wanted to have the option of keeping their jobs and starting their businesses-they couldn&#8217;t. That&#8217;s because the franchise concepts they chose don&#8217;t have that option as part of their model. And as I stated above, most franchise businesses need to have the franchisee on site.<\/p>\n<h2>But, Not This Franchise<\/h2>\n<p>A few franchise opportunities exist that encourage their franchisees to keep their jobs-at least at first. One franchise in particular <em>excels<\/em> with this model. But, you have to have pretty deep pockets for it. You&#8217;ll need to own multiple units, and hire managers to run things, every day.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"retail franchises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/these-franchises-are-growing-at-a-good-clip\">Check out this retail franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That franchise was just featured prominently in a <a title=\"washington post franchisees keep day jobs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/on-small-business\/business-ownership-on-the-side-franchisees-keeping-their-day-jobs\/2012\/06\/27\/gJQAiHuS7V_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post story<\/a> that will certainly attract many prospective franchisees who like the idea of having a cushion. A job. 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