It’s always annoyed me that you see the recommendation to get a “side hustle” to get ahead… when in reality you need that “side hustle” just to afford basic cost of living. At that point it’s not a hustle, it’s literally survival.

Side note: I saw a post / tweet / comment somewhere that pointed out how depressing the phrase “cost of living” is when you think about it. I wish I could remember it verbatim because I often do think about that phrase and get a bit sad.

In short: Nearly 9 per cent of workers aged between 20 to 24 are working multiple jobs – more than any other demographic

“A lot of people my age are hustling, but a lot of it’s sort of unavoidable,” she said.

“We need to hustle in order to pay rent, pay food, and just like survive out here.”

  • Screwthehole@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Gotta contribute something, somewhere. But there should be no full time job that doesn’t pay someone enough to pay rent and eat and have a little pocket money.

    Can’t free load, but can’t need 2 jobs just to buy groceries either.

    It’s time to end compounding profits

    • Ratz@chatsubo.hiteklolife.net
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      Maybe I’m crazy but for 40h a week I need to be getting ahead somehow, not just subsisting and padding out someone else’s retirement portfolio