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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 25 years old son has been working two remote IT jobs since the pandemic '20.  He works 12 hours everyday on the first job from 12pm until 12am, Sunday through Tuesday; he also works 12 hours on the second job from 12pm until 12am, Wednesday through Friday.  Both of these jobs are to support security and system monitoring.  He gets paid for a 40 hours work week even though he only works 36 hours.  He makes 120K on the first job and 125K on the second, not including the 15% because he works the graveyard shift.  His responsibility starts at the beginning of the shift and finishes at the end of the shift.  About 50% of the people in his group have two jobs, and the employer knows that.

He and his wife are staying in a condo in Florida owned by us so they are saving both of his paycheck.  My wife and I took care of the condo fee, car insurance and we also bought them a brand new RAV-4 as a wedding gift.  Their only expense is food and they are both very frugal.  He already has enough money to pay off his wife's medical school at 80K/year, his wife recently started medical school, but they want to have at least 500K in savings so he probably will continue working two jobs for another two years.

If you are young and are able to work two jobs, go for it.  [/quote]

Good for your son, and congrats, he has a good head on his shoulders.  For me as a middle aged mom it's not a plausible way to keep up.  When I was his age I used to work 16 hour days at one high paying job with lots of stress, travel, etc.  Now, if people continue working 2 jobs paying lower wages, this also sets a horrible practice that can lead to lowering of wages across the board and directly screwing those people unable to work 12-`16 hour weeks consistently to get ahead of basic paycheck-to-paycheck living.  [/quote]

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