Working Two Jobs? 15 Reasons Why Many People Are Working Multiple Jobs
Respecting the hustle. Working a side gig. Showing up to an extra job to save money for a big purchase. Many reasons correlate to a person working two or more jobs throughout the week. With inflation, items cost extra money, meaning people must supplement their income to live their ideal life. Let’s explore additional reasons citizens continue to work additional jobs.
1. Extra Money
Here’s a simplistic answer to why people work numerous jobs: to make extra money. They envision themselves living a particular life, but unfortunately, most people can’t make ends meet with one job. So, they deliver food or flip items online to bring their dream to life.
2. Boredom
If you’re anything like me, you hate sitting still. You search for ways to pass the time without succumbing to mind-numbing boredom. When I used to get bored, I would drive around my neighborhood and take a ride to the beach to fill the hours when nothing happened. A few months ago, I realized I could combine my driving hobby with making money by driving for Uber Eats.
3. Savings
Working to save money incentivizes workers to clock into a few places. The need for that extra stash of cash overrides the desire to stay home and relax. A specific number for a savings account may drive someone to work a particular job until they achieve their target goal.
4. Debt
Who doesn’t have debt? I’m not in contact with anyone with no form of debt. Several million people need to pay back the government, a credit card company, or someone else, whether student loans, a mortgage, credit card debt, or extraneous debts. Working multiple jobs allows different income streams, which permits the worker freedom to pay off their debts.
5. Flexibility
A close friend works as a server/bartender when she isn’t filming commercials or teaching acting classes at a local school. She stays at the restaurant because the managers give her extreme flexibility with her acting career. She alerts them of her off days at least a week before set, and they work with her. She left her rigid 9-5 job after a few months in favor of her freedom.
6. Inflation
Inflation is not a secret. Prices increase as the years go by. A $75 grocery run that used to feed a whole family might come close to feeding one person these days. Bunches of workers need to pick up extra work just to maintain a similar lifestyle pre-today’s inflation.
7. Skillsets
Regardless of earning extra income, working multiple jobs teaches an individual various skill sets. For example, a bartender learns how to deal with people and create drinks quickly, while an accountant learns how to bookkeep, file taxes, and problem-solve during their workday. Combining those two careers creates a friendly, drink-crafting, problem-solving hard worker who has a better chance of getting another job than someone who sticks to one line of work.
8. Retirement
Saving up for retirement daunts any Millennial or Gen Zer, as they don’t know how much money to save or where to start. Various jobs offer savings programs like a 401(k) or a Roth IRA. But do those sanctioned programs save enough money for an enjoyable retirement? That depends on the person. However, depositing additional income into a designated retirement savings account never hurts in preparation for retirement.
9. Satisfaction
Do you know anyone who despises their day job but stays to respect their passion? I sure do. For example, I have a friend who codes for computers, yet their passion lies in illustration. They sell their illustrations as a side gig to nurse their adoration for the arts. This person nurses their passion by using steady income from their day job to supply materials for illustration.
10. Tax deductible
The more, the merrier doesn’t just apply to people at gatherings. That phrase also applies to jobs and tax-deductible income. Last year, I received a large number of tax forms, each differing in type and deductibles. A W-4 from nannying lets me receive tax money back to cover other taxes owed on 1099 or self-employment tax forms. Plus, the money withheld from the few W-2 tax jobs I worked covered the deficit owed to the government.
11. Medical Care
Have you ever remained at a job you fell out of love with to enjoy the benefits? Perhaps one of your jobs includes excellent healthcare, though you stopped enjoying the job years ago. In the U.S. especially, the quality healthcare provided scares you from finding a different job without benefits. What can you do? Work a side hustle that fuels your creativity on top of reaping the benefits.
12. Support Your Kids
A colleague recently gave birth to a baby girl. She used to work a full-time job at a massage studio that stifled her pay. In an effort to give her baby the best life, she cut down her hours to part-time at the massage studio, picked up a new job as a receptionist at a Pilates studio, and began offering massages there as well. Cutting down hours at the low-paying position offers her and her child a better quality of life.
13. Rack Up Benefits
Insurance isn’t the only benefit awarded to workers. Delivery drivers receive some cash back on gas purchases, flight attendants enjoy free travel, music writers headbang through free music festivals, and fitness instructors revel in free classes in exchange for their knowledge.
14. Prepare for Layoffs
A sad truth about the current job market is that AI steals jobs from driven individuals. Cashiers, servers, customer service representatives, and even artists worry that their current jobs might disappear with the growth of AI. Workers brace themselves for the repercussions layoffs will cause by pursuing several career paths.
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