Thinking about a second job at weekends - worth it??
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Hi all,
Recently have found myself with a lot more free time at the weekends and some evenings. I currently work 9-5's Mon-Fri in a career profession. However, it seems like a second job might be a good move - for the money and the networking!
Currently i'm earning approx. 26k/year in my 9-5. Does anyone have experience of holding down a second job on top of a regular work pattern?
Not certain what i'd like to do yet but something fairly laid back - bar work in a quiet pub - sounds good.
Basically, does anyone know what kind of tax (or, if this is doable... cash in hand work so no tax
)
Cheers!
Recently have found myself with a lot more free time at the weekends and some evenings. I currently work 9-5's Mon-Fri in a career profession. However, it seems like a second job might be a good move - for the money and the networking!
Currently i'm earning approx. 26k/year in my 9-5. Does anyone have experience of holding down a second job on top of a regular work pattern?
Not certain what i'd like to do yet but something fairly laid back - bar work in a quiet pub - sounds good.
Basically, does anyone know what kind of tax (or, if this is doable... cash in hand work so no tax
)Cheers!
NorthernSky said:
Hi all,
Recently have found myself with a lot more free time at the weekends and some evenings. I currently work 9-5's Mon-Fri in a career profession. However, it seems like a second job might be a good move - for the money and the networking!
Currently i'm earning approx. 26k/year in my 9-5. Does anyone have experience of holding down a second job on top of a regular work pattern?
Not certain what i'd like to do yet but something fairly laid back - bar work in a quiet pub - sounds good.
Basically, does anyone know what kind of tax (or, if this is doable... cash in hand work so no tax )
Cheers!
You'd pay 20% tax Recently have found myself with a lot more free time at the weekends and some evenings. I currently work 9-5's Mon-Fri in a career profession. However, it seems like a second job might be a good move - for the money and the networking!
Currently i'm earning approx. 26k/year in my 9-5. Does anyone have experience of holding down a second job on top of a regular work pattern?
Not certain what i'd like to do yet but something fairly laid back - bar work in a quiet pub - sounds good.
Basically, does anyone know what kind of tax (or, if this is doable... cash in hand work so no tax
)Cheers!
It's an obvious question to which the answer is obvious, no?
More money, possible more social
Less free time
More tired
Perhaps better to try further your career but up to you.
What else is there to say?!
It can be good fun if you do the right job
I held down two jobs for the majority of 2000-2012 - working the bar and eventually becoming supervisor in a busy town centre nightclub and then a bar owned by the same people
Helped pay the bills but probably contributed to the breakdown of my first relationship - on the other hand I wouldn't have had to do it if she was prepared to get off her arse.
On the plus side I went from that relationship and ended up with a woman 11 years my junior. On the negative side I stupidly then married her - the 2010 to 2012 period helped pay for the divorce
It got me out of the house and around people having fun at some pretty s
tty times in my life and helped maintain my mood and avoid having to go bankrupt after the divorce. It did impact on me spending time with my daughter at times though
If you have no ties and can catch up on the sleep involved, I would say go for it. But you will pay basic rate tax at 25%. I never felt much "I have to go to work now" but even when I did I would have a laugh when I got there and the time flew.
My advice - busy bar over quiet every time. I did a 4hr shift at the golf club for a while and spent about 2 hours of it sat on my own getting paid to watch telly and it bored me rigid. Put me in a club with 1200 blathered punters and the time flies while you bounce around the place!
I held down two jobs for the majority of 2000-2012 - working the bar and eventually becoming supervisor in a busy town centre nightclub and then a bar owned by the same people
Helped pay the bills but probably contributed to the breakdown of my first relationship - on the other hand I wouldn't have had to do it if she was prepared to get off her arse.
On the plus side I went from that relationship and ended up with a woman 11 years my junior. On the negative side I stupidly then married her - the 2010 to 2012 period helped pay for the divorce
It got me out of the house and around people having fun at some pretty s
tty times in my life and helped maintain my mood and avoid having to go bankrupt after the divorce. It did impact on me spending time with my daughter at times thoughIf you have no ties and can catch up on the sleep involved, I would say go for it. But you will pay basic rate tax at 25%. I never felt much "I have to go to work now" but even when I did I would have a laugh when I got there and the time flew.
My advice - busy bar over quiet every time. I did a 4hr shift at the golf club for a while and spent about 2 hours of it sat on my own getting paid to watch telly and it bored me rigid. Put me in a club with 1200 blathered punters and the time flies while you bounce around the place!
Through uni I held down 3 jobs, all part time, which were flexible so I fit uni around it and it really got to me at times. Maybe not the same with a real job but I really really did get fed up.
One summer I worked every day all day for 6 weeks at my retail job and I did about 50 hours a week. I really wanted to save up for something so used the opportunity to work as many hours as I could.
I remember finishing and getting my pay check and I had only earned £950 or something.
I never worked a single hour of overtime after doing that for the remaining 2-3 years and I hated the job with a passion and kept my hours at 20 a weekend and two evenings. I had the weeks free then for uni or doing stuff that paid more than £6.20 an hour.
Id advise against it if you want to hold down any hobbies or a relationship, or just some you time! Aint healthy for sure!
If it were a proper job I still wouldnt make a habbit of working every weekend. perhaps the occasional weekend. But nothing routine!
One summer I worked every day all day for 6 weeks at my retail job and I did about 50 hours a week. I really wanted to save up for something so used the opportunity to work as many hours as I could.
I remember finishing and getting my pay check and I had only earned £950 or something.
I never worked a single hour of overtime after doing that for the remaining 2-3 years and I hated the job with a passion and kept my hours at 20 a weekend and two evenings. I had the weeks free then for uni or doing stuff that paid more than £6.20 an hour.
Id advise against it if you want to hold down any hobbies or a relationship, or just some you time! Aint healthy for sure!
If it were a proper job I still wouldnt make a habbit of working every weekend. perhaps the occasional weekend. But nothing routine!
I worked in a bar when I was at uni. It was the busiest pub in the main street of a medium sized town. We had a good crowd of folk working there, and I'm still great friends with a few of them. It was a mixture of students, people working second jobs and folk for whom hospitality was their trade. The work was borderline strenuous at times (shifting deliveries or whatever) and you'd get the occasional bd or bh who might get you down a little, but generally we worked with a smile!
Some of the folk who worked 9-5s didn't cope so well at the weekend, with late finishes and having to be back at work on the Monday morning. One chap in particular worked 2 weekend shifts, then had to stop after his boss clocked he was a bit tired and questioned what he'd been up to at the weekend
I think if I were in different shoes, perhaps your shoes, I'd give bar work a go. Maybe just 12 hours or so a weekend to start with, don't go daft. A long as you're not expecting to get rich from it it could be a cracking experience.
d or bh who might get you down a little, but generally we worked with a smile!Some of the folk who worked 9-5s didn't cope so well at the weekend, with late finishes and having to be back at work on the Monday morning. One chap in particular worked 2 weekend shifts, then had to stop after his boss clocked he was a bit tired and questioned what he'd been up to at the weekend
I think if I were in different shoes, perhaps your shoes, I'd give bar work a go. Maybe just 12 hours or so a weekend to start with, don't go daft. A long as you're not expecting to get rich from it it could be a cracking experience.
I've been working 2 jobs for over 4 years now.
Was made redundant in 2010 and was lucky enough to get a full time job after only 3 weeks. However, the full time job was cut back to a part time job after only 4 weeks. So I went looking for another job and ended up working in Tescos part time. 2 part time jobs working the same hours as my previous full time job.
I then left the first job for a full time job with my local council. I told them about my Tesco job at the interview and everything was fine (still is). My Tesco job changed slightly so I now work 3 evenings and a Sunday afternoon. I leave my day job, go straight to Tesco and do a 3 hour shift. Leave home at 8am and get back just after 9pm. It makes for 3 long days through the week, but I have my Saturdays and Sunday mornings off.
I'm quite happy with this setup. It allowed my wife to stay at home when we had our kids and now that they have started school, she has gone back to work (at the same school as the kids), so we have avoided childcare costs and we are now relatively well off.
We still have the majority of the weekend off together and we get decent holidays. The only problem is trying to get time off at the same time from both employers.
Now that my wife is earning, I'm considering cutting my Tesco hours so that I don't work Sundays meaning I get the whole weekend off. Would mean less money, but the free time would compensate.
You need to find something that fits with you. Give it a try. If it works, then great. If not, then try something different.
Was made redundant in 2010 and was lucky enough to get a full time job after only 3 weeks. However, the full time job was cut back to a part time job after only 4 weeks. So I went looking for another job and ended up working in Tescos part time. 2 part time jobs working the same hours as my previous full time job.
I then left the first job for a full time job with my local council. I told them about my Tesco job at the interview and everything was fine (still is). My Tesco job changed slightly so I now work 3 evenings and a Sunday afternoon. I leave my day job, go straight to Tesco and do a 3 hour shift. Leave home at 8am and get back just after 9pm. It makes for 3 long days through the week, but I have my Saturdays and Sunday mornings off.
I'm quite happy with this setup. It allowed my wife to stay at home when we had our kids and now that they have started school, she has gone back to work (at the same school as the kids), so we have avoided childcare costs and we are now relatively well off.
We still have the majority of the weekend off together and we get decent holidays. The only problem is trying to get time off at the same time from both employers.
Now that my wife is earning, I'm considering cutting my Tesco hours so that I don't work Sundays meaning I get the whole weekend off. Would mean less money, but the free time would compensate.
You need to find something that fits with you. Give it a try. If it works, then great. If not, then try something different.
I currently do 9-5 in an admin job, and then work as a delivery driver for Dominos Tuesday night 7-10, Friday and Saturday night 7-2am, or sent home early if not busy.
Works out quite well for me as I still go to the gym monday, weds, thurs night, play hockey on a saturday, and generally whatever I feel like doing on a sunday. Its quite a good balance I don't feel overly tired with the extra hours, its a pretty easy job and If I give a few days notice I don't have to work my shift.
I worked out I needed to work on average over the month 9 hours a week to cover the extra money I required for my kitchen loan and any extra on top of that is a bonus and gets saved to pay the loan off early.
Alternatively find something you enjoy to work as, I did a lot of paintball marshalling while at uni at weekends. £50 a day, free lunch and drinks. Great banter and its one of my hobbies so never felt like I was actually working but getting paid to piss about with friends. If I wasnt playing so much hockey I'd probably still be marshalling every weekend now.
Works out quite well for me as I still go to the gym monday, weds, thurs night, play hockey on a saturday, and generally whatever I feel like doing on a sunday. Its quite a good balance I don't feel overly tired with the extra hours, its a pretty easy job and If I give a few days notice I don't have to work my shift.
I worked out I needed to work on average over the month 9 hours a week to cover the extra money I required for my kitchen loan and any extra on top of that is a bonus and gets saved to pay the loan off early.
Alternatively find something you enjoy to work as, I did a lot of paintball marshalling while at uni at weekends. £50 a day, free lunch and drinks. Great banter and its one of my hobbies so never felt like I was actually working but getting paid to piss about with friends. If I wasnt playing so much hockey I'd probably still be marshalling every weekend now.
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