In this economy, having a job is pretty sweet. So having two jobs is probably twice as sweet, right?
On payday, yes, but otherwise I’m not so sure. I’ve been juggling two jobs—one nine-to-five, one freelance—since late December, and it’s beginning to take its toll.
I’ll spare you all the gory details, but suffice it to say that having two places of work is diluting my attention. Instead of being awesome at one job, I’m passable at two.
This is also probably making a dent in my aforementioned sweet paycheck, as my mediocre performance might have even delayed a potential raise.
Another problem: Both jobs are pretty similar. Maybe I’d enjoy the challenge more if my part-timer involved juggling chainsaws on a unicycle or something.
So that’s my situation. Despite my complaints, I have no plans to quit either job—part of my problem is definitely time management, something I’m trying to work on. Plus, I know if I did cut back to one job I’d just regret it and feel like I had too much time on my hands. Such is life.
Besides for working to afford my food and rent, I’m also enjoying the ride. I probably won’t wind up in a career that requires me to work at two places at once, but it’s nice to know I’ll have the experience under my belt.
Have you ever worked two jobs? How did it work, or how did you make it work?
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I am in the same situation as you. I work one full time job and a freelance. Both are along the lines of software development but have completely different mechanics(one is dealing with java, the other, flash). The freelance job is very lenient so I just work when I want. I work from 6 to 20 hours a week depending on what I want to do. Usually I just come home from job #1 and sit in front of the tv with my laptop and work on job #2. I enjoy it so it's not so bad.
I am a fulltime student and also do the two (but part time) job thing. I work at the school library about 10-15 hours a week and a car dealership from 10-20 hours a week (usually closer to 20). When school is not in session, I pick up about 10-15 additional hours. I can honestly say that I love it. Sure, it gets hectic and I usually don't have a lot of time, but it has taught me some serious time management skills. I don't really know how I'll react when I have just one job, lol. I'll feel like my full time job is a piece of cake.
I work 3 jobs right now. Being from NYC, I'm just used to working 60+ hours a week, and figured I'd roll like that here for a little while. It's tiring, and I'm going to cut it down to 2 soon. I only have 1 day off, and days when I work only 1 job feel like half days. The jobs aren't exactly the same, and they offer me different things, different people, different responsibilities, different environments. Everyone here pays every 2 weeks too, and between all 3 jobs, I feel like I'm always being paid.
I've worked like this for too long, and I've forgotten how to manage my money unless I'm at work. I usually find myself in either work mode, or spend mode. Not good.
I worked two jobs simultaneously for a couple of years: one was a 9 to 5 and the other was a part time.
The part-time job was pretty flexible and was kind enough to restrict me to only certain hours after I talked to them about getting over-worked.
The full-time job was also pretty good about me having a second job - as long as I didn't let the part-time affect my full-time work.
I worked two jobs for two months. It was sweet getting the paychecks, but not cool when I got seriously ill because of my lack of sleep. lol
I worked 2 jobs a few years ago (one summer went as far as working at 3 different jobs during the same time period, all part time jobs). It wasn't too bad because I was occupied making money, and never really complained about being bored and all that stuff. Getting paid every week also was a great thing about it. It does get real tiring though, especially if all 3 jobs were retail.
I had two part-time jobs over the summer. It wasn't perfect, but definitely manageable. Keep up the good work!
I'm working on getting a second job right now, and I don't know how I'm going to fit it into my schedule. My current job is strictly commission based, so I'm looking for a job that pays an hourly or salary wage, so I have something I can depend on.
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