Is working 90 hours a week with no weekends worth 5.5k a month? I feel like you should make a little more tbh. If you don't own your house and have a car all that money is near gone at the end of the month. If you worked for like $20 an hour and worked like 3 hours overtime every day, you'd make the same amount
One job pays me 20/hour full time 40 hours each week. Second jobs pays me 18/hour 30 hours per week. Third job 18/hour 16 per week. I have no qualifications or recent job history.
Also... live with parents rent free.
Had a similar realization when my wife got another raise and we wound up owing, even after I increased my withholdings to match our new combined income. Turns out she just didn’t fill that part out at all, ever, so the fact that our returns had been getting smaller over the years suddenly made a lot of sense.
Ha, my husband also. I ended up having to have an extra $300 taken out of each of my checks because his work is awful and we can't get the paperwork. Like I didn't even know you could fill out a W4 and pay no federal tax. That was an unpleasant surprise.
That's more than 6,600 a month gross. With no rent, I hope you're planning on utilizing an IRA and other investment strategies. There are things you can do even if it's short term, for the 2 years before college. Go hit up r/personalfinance if you don't know where to start.
$5500 per month / 4 weeks per month / 90hrs per week = $15.277 per hour. Assuming you are listing hourly rates before taxes etc then I think the average $15 per hour take home figure roughly makes sense?
You might wanna recheck that math… $20/hr for 40H is $3,200/mth. Overtime is usually time and a half, so $30/hr for 3H would be $90/day or about $1800/mth additional for a 5-day week, so $5k per month.
1 full time job. 2 part time jobs on different days of week so I can get 8 hours of sleep. Most days I sleep from 9pm to 4am.
If I want to do anything during the day I take as many days off as I want from part time jobs. Usually a few concerts a month, birthdays etc.
My full time job is from 4am to 12pm so doesn't interfere with my day plans.
So how do you plan on becoming a manager with just a bunch of two-year period minimum wage jobs stacked on top of each other? I don't think that's the flex to employers you think it is.
If you invested your 50 hours a week of additional work into a trade or study, you’d make more than $5500 a month with 40 hours a week.
Work smarter, not harder. Unless you NEED the money. Start school now.
It’s such a waste of life to work 90 hours minimum wage lol.
I’m doing masters and have job prospects for 120k a year with benefits full time. I’ll only be working maybe 20 hours a week.
Am I gonna grind the other 70* hours? Fuck no ima live life lol.
You’re gonna want to get realistic with your job prospects. It’s a tough job market right now. I had the same prospects when finishing my masters but they don’t come easy. If you land one, props!
Data science and stats is easy job. Already have companies reaching out.
Anything with data requires us. Business, healthcare, academia, independent research, etc…
I’ve done healthcare and business work, but may stick to business as it’s more money. Im soulless.
Two semesters away from bachelors. Already have associates in collision repair. I hated being an auto mechanic and quit the trade.
Going to flight school instead as I would like to pursue pilot career. Currently attending.
How. You’re a strange person.
You live with your parents so your expenses must be low… You’d rather slave away at minimum wage jobs* than try to get into a fast track pilot program…
Sounds like you’re just doing this to try to feel tough and sound cool. “Yeah, I’m a hard working person I work 90 hours!” I saw some other posts where you love mentioning how much you work.
If you get a kick out of it, cool, but just super strange lmao.
That’d be as if I was studying to be a data scientist but instead of putting more time into my craft, I’d work 50 hours a week at Walmart or some shit to try to tell people I have a hard life, living with my parents.
Just doesn’t add up. But again, if you enjoy it, keep at it!
That is true.
Also, if you work in certain industries you're often pressured into working off the clock. It's not all sunshine and rainbows here either.
Overtime is handled differently by individual employers.
At some companies, overtime is compensated with payouts but these payments are heavily taxed to discurage working overtime.
The company I work for has an overtime account system. If I work more or less than my 40h/week my "time account" increases or decreases. If there's a lot to do the overtime gets added to the account and I can then leave early on another day. I intentionally work more sometimes, so I can leave early on Fridays. But the "time account" has to be at 0 by the end of the year.
Good luck. Just make sure to take the time to enjoy life as well. You mentioned concerts, counting on which might have been at a few with you there. Especially at the palladium and greatwoods.
I would imagine it to be hard to develop more than surface level relationships and friendships.
I don't work during day so can do whatever I want at night. Go to 30+ concerts a year. Going to the Bob Dylan show this July. Will be there?
To answer your question... I'm single, no kids, no other responsibilities. Parents pay bills, house... just investing in new future.
If you're going to 30+ concerts a year idk if you're making a smart financial decision with your hard earned cash, even if you're enjoying your life... You're literally killing yourself with those hours...
I'm located around Boston... I've worked 3 jobs slaving away for pennies. I burnt out, and it drastically hurt my physical and mental health, and you will burn out too. I went back to school, now I make 80k working about 30 hours a week with a sweet work from home job.
What do your savings look like, how are you planning to pay off school debt and land a job? Do you intend to live with your parents indefinitely?
Have you started planning your future beyond being a pilot? Where do you see yourself in your ideal future?? House/apartment, wife/husband, kids, travel/see the world? You can't do anything if you're working so much. No relationship, no life outside of work ...
What do you actually want to do with your life?
I want to buy property in Boston, and open a recording studio for musicians. I need to make six figures to make that a reality.
I've already planned for the house... have storage units full of furniture lol.
I did that from like 24-26, in Boston too, slightly differently though....had a nearly minimum wage job at a game dev studio in the region which frequently had 60+ hr/wks when OT (crunch) was needed.....I worked freelance in indie games and design (had degree but recession era was stupid)....and of course, don't forget trying to advance your career and make your own creative design work for sale/networking yourself more...
Ended at 26 though, when I had a mental breakdown and several chronic illnesses popped up. Ended up in the hospital before I did something worse. Doctors told me that overwork was the direct contributor to all of it. Jobs didn't acknowledge any of it and laid me off. Also a really bad winter where my only option since I was out of work was becoming homeless or leaving to move back with my own parent in WA state (in a boring, not so great of a city as Boston for work). So if anything, I guess...hopefully you won't end up like me, at least you have your parents though. I did that and had no one close by who wanted to help me out if I really needed it.
But right, a question - uh....you think the Bs are gonna finish the Leafs off next game?
tl;dr: If you're not an egghead and don't want to work long hours, don't live near Boston. Still miss it though.
Work as many hours as you want. In life you will discover the why matters. You did not say why you are doing it. You did say you're 27, live with your parents, and will return to college 2 years from now. I am assuming the why. So why wait 2 years to return to college? Could you work part time and return to college now?
I did try working part time but noticed my grades start to slip so dropped out. I have a 4.0 GPA. Would much rather be a full time student. That would mean 3+ years with no income in my late 20s... so want enough money in savings.
You clearly have a work ethic to be doing something better than shitty retail jobs. Just go back to school now, it’s going to be harder to want to give up your paycheck in 2 years than it is now.
Thats a lot of of hours, is it really worth the almost 13h a day? And im guessing u have at least an hour in total transport time. it most be tiring, do u even get enough sleep, are u saving up?
For reference, I make about 5400 euros a month, and I work 37h.
Okay so short commutes, thats always something, still lot of hours, hope it goes well for u, and that u aren't going to have this many hours for a long period of time, it can't be good for you in the long run, it isn't stressful? Btw am also 27, interesting to see how life can differ.
I would agree it's definitely not ideal but ridiculously easy jobs. Flip pizzas, work at McDonalds, and milk and bread delivery driver. Minimal effort with not a lot of stress. As many days as I want off a year. Only going to do this for a few more years.
why not just work 1 job and put your remaining time and energy into something lucrative that’ll pay you more in the long run. overall so you can work smarter and not harder
If i am mathing correctly, i encourage you to get one job that will give you a bunch of overtime. I think it will work out in your favor. You could at least drop one of the others, for sure!
Do you think you are earning skills thought these jobs though? College is really about a paper to get better paid jobs, knowledge is already online and available.
How much do you plan to save up before you quit some of these jobs or lower your hours? Seems like you could in a few months and have 25k saved up which isn’t awful!
If I'm working 90 hours a week I expect 2k a week after taxes. That's not asking for much either.
Working a bunch of minimum wage jobs to increase cash flow sounds good on paper but you're missing the point.
Which brings me to my question - have you considered just looking for hard labor that makes you work long hours? Production, construction, and even overnight stocking at a Walmart can have you working 75 hours a week and taking home a lot more than you are now.
Get the OT. Nothing wrong with putting your nose to the grindstone but sometimes you absolutely do need to start working smarter, not harder.
As someone who used to work 3 jobs (60+ hours a week) I salute you. My son (same age) has the same kind of drive, so I'd hope we got it from our folks. Good job and nobody else is going to do it for you. Dave (Stoneham, MA)
I used to do the same. The grind is brutal when you’re young because those seem to be the hardest jobs I’ve ever had plus working the most I’ve ever worked. Tell me: what are the most common incorrect assumptions you encounter with your lifestyle? What do you enjoy about your current lifestyle?
The most incorrect assumptions is that I have no free time for hobbies. One of my hobbies is sailing. I still take days off and do fun things.
What I enjoy... is knowing I won't be living with my parents until I'm 40 just because I worked hard for a few years. Minor inconvenience.
Plus... have made great friends with coworkers.
Honestly, you should be taking one job and using the rest of the time to earn certifications and such. That way, you can eventually get a job that doesn't earn minimum wage. Things like pharmacy tech or CNAs are easy to obtain and you can do it in a single summer of classes. Then if you still wanna hustle, you'd be earning more than $60k a year.
y u say min wage when you clearly also said you don’t make minimum wage?
Anywho, i applaud you but that is very little money for how many hours you are working.
Since you live rent free, go apply to a community college NOW and take out loans. Get a job that does tuition reimbursement. Then you can get a job after college that you can work 40 hours a week and make that amount.
He said he wants to be an airline pilot. The main cost of becoming one is having to pay for flight lessons. I was looking into it last year and the cost was like 40k for school and 60k in flight lesson hours. The cheapest way to become a pilot would be through the military.
Yes... and joining the Air Force because you want to become a pilot is not recommended. Most that join don't get picked... and then you have to pay for your own flight school when you get out. If there was a guarantee I could fly I would join.
I work less than 40 hours a week and make $4,500 after taxes a month with no degree. I’m 26. Don’t kill yourself working mindless jobs and find something you enjoy and can grow in.
You live with your parents, just quit the other 2 jobs, and go to school now in the time that those 2 jobs took up before. The burnout from working that many hours will take years off of your life.
No disrespect but why don't you just quit and go back to college now? I'm 26, graduated college three years ago, and make more than that working 40 hours a week with the option to work overtime and make even more. It's just not worth destroying yourself working 3 jobs if going to college is at all possible
You should do that for like 6 months and then take a hiking or traveling trip. Appalachian trail, camino de Santiago, things like that. It really helps put things in perspective and gives you great life experience and memories. Work to live not live to work.
That’s how we used to get shit done. I applaud your efforts. Just about everyone I know worked like this at some point in their 20s, it’s how we got anywhere financially. Good luck. It makes working a 40 hour week feel like a vacation later in life.
That's a whole lotta hustle for not a lot of gain and a high potential for burn out.
Then again, it's retail job.
I applaud you for your hard work but this isn't sustainable at all in the long time.
How exhausted are you?
No say I would work that much for $5000 a month. That’s still poverty, and you’re killing your self over it. Get a career, and game plan for yourself. You’re too young to be stressing yourself to the max.
More power to you man.
Am working a min wage job and I burn out after 35 hr/week.
Obviously you know your money situation and you are working towards going to college.
But my suggestion is since you wont be doing min wage for rest of your life give some time to other important stuff as well.
I like your plan. Lots of soft people out there. It's called having a goal. 90 hours a week for 2 years that's just like being on submarine Duty you'll be fine plus the bonuses you have no time to spend any of your money and you probably won't be getting in any trouble. Best of luck to you stack that paper
Proud of you. Everyone commenting that it sucks, no shit. But you have to do what you have to do. I know it will all work out and once you get through school and get a good job you will be able to succeed quickly with the perspective of how blessed you are to only be working 40-50 hours a week.
I could buy a plane... but flight school is also really expensive. After I graduate college in two semesters, I have multiple options on what I can do. My ultimate goal is flying for a commercial airline.
I took a break from college for a few years... because once you graduate you start having to pay back all those student loans and would have no way to save for a plane.
Got two coworkers going through flight school and one who went through it. Idk what the laws are like there, but here in California, you still have to do instructing for x amount of hours before you can get hired 🥲 one of the coworkers is working with us while waiting and they get put on like a waiting list and he said he might not even get to this year with how long the wait is. I hope it isn’t like that where you live! Best of luck to you, go do great things friend!
Honestly, fuck the people telling you to stop or settle for less. If you can do this and you're happy, do it. It'll make it so much nicer when you do land a good job that can pay more per hour and suddenly you're making 25-30/hr for 40-50 hours a week and it'll feel like a vacation. This is building incredible work ethic. Is it "right" that you should have to do this? No, but this is the world we live in now and you're taking it by the balls. What kinds of jobs do you actually have?
Mcdonalds part time. Pizza cook part time. Milk and bread delivery driver full time. Low effort low skill... can do them in my sleep.
By doing this I will be able to become a pilot, open my own music studio in Boston (my other passion)... big plans ahead.
Still take days off and do fun things. Bought a sailboat and took up sailing. People who quit don't make it. Full speed ahead.
Look into warehouse jobs if there's any in your area. Distribution centers or places with selecting or forklift jobs. I guarantee if you show up and don't seem like a shit head and are willing to learn (it very much seems that way) they would hire you and you could start earning closer to 25, even 30 an hour. It won't be as brainless, and might be a little more physical, but there's usually ample OT opportunities and better general pay per hour, benefits, etc. Especially around boston there should definitely be DCs hiring, they almost always are. The shittiest thing about your situation now is you're doing what should be 50 hours of OT a week but because its at different jobs, its not counting as OT. That time and a half really adds up, fast. I work as a manager in food distribution, I know theres a branch of my company that serves boston. If you want to know more DM me (seriously)
I think health is worth far more than being a wage slave…
Unless ur able to do what OP is doing for just a year, even. With the right investments, it could be worth it
He's young at 27 he still has energy maybe if he was 33 it would be a different story
Is working 90 hours a week with no weekends worth 5.5k a month? I feel like you should make a little more tbh. If you don't own your house and have a car all that money is near gone at the end of the month. If you worked for like $20 an hour and worked like 3 hours overtime every day, you'd make the same amount
Just did the math. At $20 an hour and 3 hours of overtime every day. That's 7.2-7.5k a month
You don’t get overtime when your hours are from multiple employers
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30% at 66 seems kinda high
Should be more like 24% at that income level.
One job pays me 20/hour full time 40 hours each week. Second jobs pays me 18/hour 30 hours per week. Third job 18/hour 16 per week. I have no qualifications or recent job history. Also... live with parents rent free.
That's not minimum wage and what you are saying is take home pay, not total pay before taxes, etc.
My take home pay is like 4800.
Something is wrong with your math.
Probably filled out the W4s like they only have one job and are going to get hit by a big tax bill when they file next year
Yarp, gunna be a sobering wake up call when they owe thousands of dollars come tax season.
seeing how he has not responded to this I think it’s safe to say you struck gold
Had a similar realization when my wife got another raise and we wound up owing, even after I increased my withholdings to match our new combined income. Turns out she just didn’t fill that part out at all, ever, so the fact that our returns had been getting smaller over the years suddenly made a lot of sense.
Ha, my husband also. I ended up having to have an extra $300 taken out of each of my checks because his work is awful and we can't get the paperwork. Like I didn't even know you could fill out a W4 and pay no federal tax. That was an unpleasant surprise.
thats not minimum wage weirdo
In Boston it is.
ugh its 15 weirdo
Yes all 3 of those different numbers are all the same minimum wage
That's more than 6,600 a month gross. With no rent, I hope you're planning on utilizing an IRA and other investment strategies. There are things you can do even if it's short term, for the 2 years before college. Go hit up r/personalfinance if you don't know where to start.
That’s no where even close to minimum wage.
Mass and California min wage is 16/hour.
My state is $7.25, and so are the neighboring states.
My state is also $7.25 an hour minimum wage. Crazy.
And all of your jobs are more than 16/hr
Mass is 15
$5500 per month / 4 weeks per month / 90hrs per week = $15.277 per hour. Assuming you are listing hourly rates before taxes etc then I think the average $15 per hour take home figure roughly makes sense?
Damn dude 3 jobs is tough, which country do you live in?
Boston, Canada.
Cheers bud, best of luck from Romania, by any chance have you seen Trailer Park Boys? 😂
I would think it’s obviously the U.S…. Might be wrong? I don’t think so though…
You might wanna recheck that math… $20/hr for 40H is $3,200/mth. Overtime is usually time and a half, so $30/hr for 3H would be $90/day or about $1800/mth additional for a 5-day week, so $5k per month.
Fr. My partner makes around 4.5k per month (before taxes) and works less than half of the time OP does ☠️☠️☠️
That much hustle for roughly $66k a year??? 💀
HOW are you doing this?! Isn’t the lack of sleep and relaxation time killing you?
1 full time job. 2 part time jobs on different days of week so I can get 8 hours of sleep. Most days I sleep from 9pm to 4am. If I want to do anything during the day I take as many days off as I want from part time jobs. Usually a few concerts a month, birthdays etc. My full time job is from 4am to 12pm so doesn't interfere with my day plans.
Good luck with burnout that I'm sure you'll experience much earlier than everyone else
I'm quitting all jobs after two years.
If you make it that far.
So how do you plan on becoming a manager with just a bunch of two-year period minimum wage jobs stacked on top of each other? I don't think that's the flex to employers you think it is.
I assume he doesn't want to become a manager if he is going back to college. Probably working these hours to have money for when he is in college
Bingo. I want enough savings so I don't have to work for 3 years and can focus on nothing but school.
Good luck! Wish I could do the same
Your confidence and determination really amazes me… I salute you my guy and truly you wish you all the best with your plans my guy.
9pm-4am isn’t 8 hours
And who wakes up at 4am for a job that starts at 4am?
I drive straight from one job to the next.
You lie on reddit
Nope
Who does your laundry? Who does the grocery shopping? Cooking?
Pretty sure his parents.
Lol his parents are using him like a donkey
Hopefully he knows how to do these things himself if he ever moves out.
In the meantime, I’d start applying for jobs with higher pay. The burnout will take years off your life
It’s actually sad. Having to work like that.
He doesn't have to, his dumbass is choosing to.
Sad!
Why is it bad to work hard?
lol. People work hard doing 40 hours a week. Some work hard working 25 hours a week.
Why aren’t you at work?
lmfao
If you invested your 50 hours a week of additional work into a trade or study, you’d make more than $5500 a month with 40 hours a week. Work smarter, not harder. Unless you NEED the money. Start school now. It’s such a waste of life to work 90 hours minimum wage lol. I’m doing masters and have job prospects for 120k a year with benefits full time. I’ll only be working maybe 20 hours a week. Am I gonna grind the other 70* hours? Fuck no ima live life lol.
You’re gonna want to get realistic with your job prospects. It’s a tough job market right now. I had the same prospects when finishing my masters but they don’t come easy. If you land one, props!
I wish I hadn’t counted my chickens until they hatched.
Data science and stats is easy job. Already have companies reaching out. Anything with data requires us. Business, healthcare, academia, independent research, etc… I’ve done healthcare and business work, but may stick to business as it’s more money. Im soulless.
Yeah pretty much every company or organization needs a data science team
Every company needs a team that handles their data, yes. But not a data science team. True and proper data science is a luxury for a company.
Two semesters away from bachelors. Already have associates in collision repair. I hated being an auto mechanic and quit the trade. Going to flight school instead as I would like to pursue pilot career. Currently attending.
How. You’re a strange person. You live with your parents so your expenses must be low… You’d rather slave away at minimum wage jobs* than try to get into a fast track pilot program… Sounds like you’re just doing this to try to feel tough and sound cool. “Yeah, I’m a hard working person I work 90 hours!” I saw some other posts where you love mentioning how much you work. If you get a kick out of it, cool, but just super strange lmao. That’d be as if I was studying to be a data scientist but instead of putting more time into my craft, I’d work 50 hours a week at Walmart or some shit to try to tell people I have a hard life, living with my parents. Just doesn’t add up. But again, if you enjoy it, keep at it!
I once had two jobs. A full time and a Thursday to Saturday night part time. I had only Sunday for me. I hated my life back then.
How is this even legal? In Germany you can work 48h/week max by law. Wtf. Edit: English source https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/en/employment-law
That's true. No such law in USA.
I hope you're holding up and don't burn yourself out. You mentioned wanting to go to college in your post. Best of luck to you!
Yes! Two semesters from graduating. A semester here is 6 months.
You can bypass that law by simply working as an independent contractor though.
That is true. Also, if you work in certain industries you're often pressured into working off the clock. It's not all sunshine and rainbows here either.
Oh I’d hate that you can’t cash in on overtime then.
Overtime is handled differently by individual employers. At some companies, overtime is compensated with payouts but these payments are heavily taxed to discurage working overtime. The company I work for has an overtime account system. If I work more or less than my 40h/week my "time account" increases or decreases. If there's a lot to do the overtime gets added to the account and I can then leave early on another day. I intentionally work more sometimes, so I can leave early on Fridays. But the "time account" has to be at 0 by the end of the year.
I would rather be unemployed then work minimum wage for peanuts. Why wouldn't you just get 1 full time job and 1 part time job paying say $15 an hour?
Good luck. Just make sure to take the time to enjoy life as well. You mentioned concerts, counting on which might have been at a few with you there. Especially at the palladium and greatwoods. I would imagine it to be hard to develop more than surface level relationships and friendships.
I don't work during day so can do whatever I want at night. Go to 30+ concerts a year. Going to the Bob Dylan show this July. Will be there? To answer your question... I'm single, no kids, no other responsibilities. Parents pay bills, house... just investing in new future.
If you're going to 30+ concerts a year idk if you're making a smart financial decision with your hard earned cash, even if you're enjoying your life... You're literally killing yourself with those hours... I'm located around Boston... I've worked 3 jobs slaving away for pennies. I burnt out, and it drastically hurt my physical and mental health, and you will burn out too. I went back to school, now I make 80k working about 30 hours a week with a sweet work from home job. What do your savings look like, how are you planning to pay off school debt and land a job? Do you intend to live with your parents indefinitely? Have you started planning your future beyond being a pilot? Where do you see yourself in your ideal future?? House/apartment, wife/husband, kids, travel/see the world? You can't do anything if you're working so much. No relationship, no life outside of work ... What do you actually want to do with your life?
I want to buy property in Boston, and open a recording studio for musicians. I need to make six figures to make that a reality. I've already planned for the house... have storage units full of furniture lol.
Good luck
I did that from like 24-26, in Boston too, slightly differently though....had a nearly minimum wage job at a game dev studio in the region which frequently had 60+ hr/wks when OT (crunch) was needed.....I worked freelance in indie games and design (had degree but recession era was stupid)....and of course, don't forget trying to advance your career and make your own creative design work for sale/networking yourself more... Ended at 26 though, when I had a mental breakdown and several chronic illnesses popped up. Ended up in the hospital before I did something worse. Doctors told me that overwork was the direct contributor to all of it. Jobs didn't acknowledge any of it and laid me off. Also a really bad winter where my only option since I was out of work was becoming homeless or leaving to move back with my own parent in WA state (in a boring, not so great of a city as Boston for work). So if anything, I guess...hopefully you won't end up like me, at least you have your parents though. I did that and had no one close by who wanted to help me out if I really needed it. But right, a question - uh....you think the Bs are gonna finish the Leafs off next game? tl;dr: If you're not an egghead and don't want to work long hours, don't live near Boston. Still miss it though.
Ain’t worth it.
Are you truly happy? Satisfied? Genuinely asking
Am I truly happy? Yes... knowing I have a goal in mind... without these jobs would be impossible.
Good luck my friend !
What’s your goal?
To be a commercial airline pilot, and open a recording studio in Boston next to Berklee... since music is my second passion.
Work as many hours as you want. In life you will discover the why matters. You did not say why you are doing it. You did say you're 27, live with your parents, and will return to college 2 years from now. I am assuming the why. So why wait 2 years to return to college? Could you work part time and return to college now?
I did try working part time but noticed my grades start to slip so dropped out. I have a 4.0 GPA. Would much rather be a full time student. That would mean 3+ years with no income in my late 20s... so want enough money in savings.
You clearly have a work ethic to be doing something better than shitty retail jobs. Just go back to school now, it’s going to be harder to want to give up your paycheck in 2 years than it is now.
Thats a lot of of hours, is it really worth the almost 13h a day? And im guessing u have at least an hour in total transport time. it most be tiring, do u even get enough sleep, are u saving up? For reference, I make about 5400 euros a month, and I work 37h.
10 min commutes. I get like 7-8hours of sleep each night. I sleep from like 9pm to 4am.
Okay so short commutes, thats always something, still lot of hours, hope it goes well for u, and that u aren't going to have this many hours for a long period of time, it can't be good for you in the long run, it isn't stressful? Btw am also 27, interesting to see how life can differ.
I would agree it's definitely not ideal but ridiculously easy jobs. Flip pizzas, work at McDonalds, and milk and bread delivery driver. Minimal effort with not a lot of stress. As many days as I want off a year. Only going to do this for a few more years.
At first i thought, this guy is an attorney. 90s and not an attorney? Ooof.
why not just work 1 job and put your remaining time and energy into something lucrative that’ll pay you more in the long run. overall so you can work smarter and not harder
Why not one good job instead of 3 mediocre ones?
If i am mathing correctly, i encourage you to get one job that will give you a bunch of overtime. I think it will work out in your favor. You could at least drop one of the others, for sure!
Do you think you are earning skills thought these jobs though? College is really about a paper to get better paid jobs, knowledge is already online and available.
how awesome what a great flex. wish some of us get that type rent free
How much do you plan to save up before you quit some of these jobs or lower your hours? Seems like you could in a few months and have 25k saved up which isn’t awful!
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Welcome to the club!
Doing something similar but only 70 hours
This might be the dumbest shit I've ever seen
Why not just get 1 job that pays the equivalent salary instead of doing 3 menial jobs to makeup that same amount
If I'm working 90 hours a week I expect 2k a week after taxes. That's not asking for much either. Working a bunch of minimum wage jobs to increase cash flow sounds good on paper but you're missing the point. Which brings me to my question - have you considered just looking for hard labor that makes you work long hours? Production, construction, and even overnight stocking at a Walmart can have you working 75 hours a week and taking home a lot more than you are now. Get the OT. Nothing wrong with putting your nose to the grindstone but sometimes you absolutely do need to start working smarter, not harder.
As someone who used to work 3 jobs (60+ hours a week) I salute you. My son (same age) has the same kind of drive, so I'd hope we got it from our folks. Good job and nobody else is going to do it for you. Dave (Stoneham, MA)
I used to do the same. The grind is brutal when you’re young because those seem to be the hardest jobs I’ve ever had plus working the most I’ve ever worked. Tell me: what are the most common incorrect assumptions you encounter with your lifestyle? What do you enjoy about your current lifestyle?
The most incorrect assumptions is that I have no free time for hobbies. One of my hobbies is sailing. I still take days off and do fun things. What I enjoy... is knowing I won't be living with my parents until I'm 40 just because I worked hard for a few years. Minor inconvenience. Plus... have made great friends with coworkers.
Do u really need all that if u live rent free? I make 4200 in boston as well rent free and I get to put 50% in my savings
No I do not... but would rather save 50% extra and not be broke in my 30s... and don't want roommates. Rent in Boston is like 3000/month.
Honestly, you should be taking one job and using the rest of the time to earn certifications and such. That way, you can eventually get a job that doesn't earn minimum wage. Things like pharmacy tech or CNAs are easy to obtain and you can do it in a single summer of classes. Then if you still wanna hustle, you'd be earning more than $60k a year.
Not worth killing yourself. You aren’t even bringing in that much money for 3 jobs.
y u say min wage when you clearly also said you don’t make minimum wage? Anywho, i applaud you but that is very little money for how many hours you are working. Since you live rent free, go apply to a community college NOW and take out loans. Get a job that does tuition reimbursement. Then you can get a job after college that you can work 40 hours a week and make that amount.
Min wage in Mass is 16... so 18/hour is considered a "min wage job" here or close to it.
He said he wants to be an airline pilot. The main cost of becoming one is having to pay for flight lessons. I was looking into it last year and the cost was like 40k for school and 60k in flight lesson hours. The cheapest way to become a pilot would be through the military.
Which has a 20% acceptance rate.
You are literally killing yourself for nothing
How long have you been working 3 jobs and what are your plans in years to come?
Plan on becoming an airline pilot. Plan to work these jobs for two years.
Why are you waiting to go to college? You hoping you'll be smarter or richer at 30?
I'm starting a business and saving for flight school... so I'm not delayed out of college.
Delayed out of college?
You ever look into doing it through the military?
Yes... and joining the Air Force because you want to become a pilot is not recommended. Most that join don't get picked... and then you have to pay for your own flight school when you get out. If there was a guarantee I could fly I would join.
Yeah I was just thinking that the flight hours you would log would save a lot of cash.
Why?
God bless you.
Why?
Dude i cant imagine working that much time.
Temporarily?
why the fuck would you do this to yourself
I used to do 90+hours a week few years back. Nothing awesome about it, it's actually sad I wasted my life like that.
Good, as long as you know why.
This seems like a logistical nightmare. How do you keep up with three different schedules and shifts?
90 hours a week for 5.5k a month? Bro. That’s slavery shit.
More like 5k after taxes.
I work less than 40 hours a week and make $4,500 after taxes a month with no degree. I’m 26. Don’t kill yourself working mindless jobs and find something you enjoy and can grow in.
What do you do? I am in retail management and desperate to change careers without having to take a massive pay cut. Moderate pay cut would be OK
I’m headed back to college myself but wondered are you doing online? How are you able to flex 3 jobs like that. Idk if I’m smart enough to do that.
I'm not in college right now. Not online. I dropped out of college to enter these jobs.
this is illegal in germany. and whats your goal?
These levels of delulu are off the charts
How are you alive
This gives me hope.
It’s so easy to fall into a 60k job at least that’s only 40 hours a week
With no degree or experience?
You'll regret working so much. Get ready to be taxed out of the ying
My question is: how do you find time to do a Reddit AMA 😂
You live with your parents, just quit the other 2 jobs, and go to school now in the time that those 2 jobs took up before. The burnout from working that many hours will take years off of your life.
No disrespect but why don't you just quit and go back to college now? I'm 26, graduated college three years ago, and make more than that working 40 hours a week with the option to work overtime and make even more. It's just not worth destroying yourself working 3 jobs if going to college is at all possible
I would prob be homeless. Would much rather have money now than later.
Why would you be homeless? Would your parents kick you out if you went down to just working one full time job or a part time job and going to school?
That's what I was thinking too.. 🤔
You should do that for like 6 months and then take a hiking or traveling trip. Appalachian trail, camino de Santiago, things like that. It really helps put things in perspective and gives you great life experience and memories. Work to live not live to work.
90 hours a week. Why?
I now make more than most managers with no experience and minimal effort.
fuck thats miserable im sorry. you will be stronger after this experience though
I think you will be wildly successful in college! Best of luck!
Its amazing that you can do 90 hours per week. Hustling when young. Make sure finish college so you can make more $$ with less work hour.
If my parents weren’t psychotic I would be living at home right now maxing out my 401k.
Sales..
That’s how we used to get shit done. I applaud your efforts. Just about everyone I know worked like this at some point in their 20s, it’s how we got anywhere financially. Good luck. It makes working a 40 hour week feel like a vacation later in life.
That's a whole lotta hustle for not a lot of gain and a high potential for burn out. Then again, it's retail job. I applaud you for your hard work but this isn't sustainable at all in the long time. How exhausted are you?
No say I would work that much for $5000 a month. That’s still poverty, and you’re killing your self over it. Get a career, and game plan for yourself. You’re too young to be stressing yourself to the max.
More power to you man. Am working a min wage job and I burn out after 35 hr/week. Obviously you know your money situation and you are working towards going to college. But my suggestion is since you wont be doing min wage for rest of your life give some time to other important stuff as well.
I worked 96 for 3 months among 2 FT jobs. How are you managing the burn out? How is your sleep? Personal relationships?
I get 8 hours of sleep each night. Work from 4am to 8pm. Sleep from 8pm to 4am. Get weekends off and 2 week paid vacations.
I like your plan. Lots of soft people out there. It's called having a goal. 90 hours a week for 2 years that's just like being on submarine Duty you'll be fine plus the bonuses you have no time to spend any of your money and you probably won't be getting in any trouble. Best of luck to you stack that paper
What’s AMA?
Great question lol
How is your mental health in that position?
I am no longer depressed knowing I have the many to do the things I want in my life.
Is this gross or net?
How do you not get burnt out? How long have you been doing this?
Proud of you. Everyone commenting that it sucks, no shit. But you have to do what you have to do. I know it will all work out and once you get through school and get a good job you will be able to succeed quickly with the perspective of how blessed you are to only be working 40-50 hours a week.
What is ama?
You got that dog in you 💪💯, but at the same time you can make way more money with less time, ever looked into sales my guy?
I want to be a pilot. Going to flight school.
That sick! I want to get my pilots license, I’m guessing you’re saving up for a plane?
I could buy a plane... but flight school is also really expensive. After I graduate college in two semesters, I have multiple options on what I can do. My ultimate goal is flying for a commercial airline. I took a break from college for a few years... because once you graduate you start having to pay back all those student loans and would have no way to save for a plane.
Got two coworkers going through flight school and one who went through it. Idk what the laws are like there, but here in California, you still have to do instructing for x amount of hours before you can get hired 🥲 one of the coworkers is working with us while waiting and they get put on like a waiting list and he said he might not even get to this year with how long the wait is. I hope it isn’t like that where you live! Best of luck to you, go do great things friend!
Your gonna get a lot of hate on this post, people hate hard workers Lol. Gotta do what you gotta do 👌🏻
Honestly, fuck the people telling you to stop or settle for less. If you can do this and you're happy, do it. It'll make it so much nicer when you do land a good job that can pay more per hour and suddenly you're making 25-30/hr for 40-50 hours a week and it'll feel like a vacation. This is building incredible work ethic. Is it "right" that you should have to do this? No, but this is the world we live in now and you're taking it by the balls. What kinds of jobs do you actually have?
Mcdonalds part time. Pizza cook part time. Milk and bread delivery driver full time. Low effort low skill... can do them in my sleep. By doing this I will be able to become a pilot, open my own music studio in Boston (my other passion)... big plans ahead. Still take days off and do fun things. Bought a sailboat and took up sailing. People who quit don't make it. Full speed ahead.
Look into warehouse jobs if there's any in your area. Distribution centers or places with selecting or forklift jobs. I guarantee if you show up and don't seem like a shit head and are willing to learn (it very much seems that way) they would hire you and you could start earning closer to 25, even 30 an hour. It won't be as brainless, and might be a little more physical, but there's usually ample OT opportunities and better general pay per hour, benefits, etc. Especially around boston there should definitely be DCs hiring, they almost always are. The shittiest thing about your situation now is you're doing what should be 50 hours of OT a week but because its at different jobs, its not counting as OT. That time and a half really adds up, fast. I work as a manager in food distribution, I know theres a branch of my company that serves boston. If you want to know more DM me (seriously)
I worked BJ's warehouse job making 17/hour last year. Don't see 30/hour warehouse jobs with no experience.
Why do you want the money??
I don't believe anyone can work over 60 hours per week. Prove me wrong.