Why you too will be working two jobs by 2030 (and probably loving it)

Why you too will be working two jobs by 2030 (and probably loving it)

But you may be surprised(sə(r)ˈprīzd) by the response from your boss(bäs,bôs)

By Kate(ā) Hughes

We know about the standard 9-5; the full-time job we head out to, enjoy or dislike, take the regular(ˈreg(ə)lər,ˈregyələr), reliable(riˈlīəbəl) income from (hopefully) and come home from.

But startling(ˈstärtl-iNG) new figures suggest one in four people are running at least(lēst) one other business project alongside their main day job – contributing £72bn to the UK economy in the process(ˈpräsəs).

These so-called “side hustles(ˈhəsəl)” are expected to become so common over the next decade or so that by 2030 half the population is likely to be running a business as well as working elsewhere.

But fears(fi(ə)r) are growing that a significant(sigˈnifikənt) shift in working life could be met by hostility(häˈstilitē) among the UK’s employers(emˈploi-ər).

An import from New York and Silicon(-kən,ˈsiləˌkän) Valley(ˈvalē), the growth of the UK side hustle is “unprecedented(ˌənˈpresəˌdəntid)”, according to the Henley(ˈhenlē) Business School.

Boosting the average “hustler’s(ˈhəslər)” income by 20 per cent, a quarter(ˈkwôrtər) of them are working 50 hours a week or more – 13 hours longer than the average UK worker.

“Taking on a side hustle isn’t always easy,” says musician, documentary(ˌdäkyəˈmentərē) maker and business owner Professor Green, who warns(wôrn) would be hustlers to prepare for mistakes and rejection.

“It takes preparation(ˌprepəˈrāSHən), thick(THik) skin, ideas and commitment enough to execute them. If I stopped at the first ‘no’ I got or gave up after making the many mistakes I have along the way, I’d be nowhere now.”

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https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/two-jobs-side-gigs-moonlighting-earnings-work-second-income-a8433021.html