There are definitely perks to working for someone else.  I mean yes, you can set your own hours and everything if you work for yourself.  But you get paid vacation when you work in something other than private practice, you don’t have to worry about overhead costs, etc.  If you look into the world of psychology, let’s be honest.  You don’t get paid vacation as a private practitioner, you have to worry about overhead, you have to figure out insurance policies, and while you initially make more in private practice, it evens out so you are making about the same amount as you would working for someone else, and the simple fact is that generally speaking, you are actually working harder than you would working for somebody else.  These are all things to consider before going into your business.  Plus there are companies who give better perks than others.  For example, Disney sends all their animators to early screenings of every movie they put out to get them started on their next assignment.  Apparently, from what I’ve been told by said animators, the movie Up is actually really well designed and a good movie in general, and they are real skeptics.  I’m not sure they get free screenings on other movies in general.  But still, that’s not bad.  Perks are perks.