Nowadays, I don't think a full-time job is enough to take care of everything. The fixed income derived from the day job is usually allocated for the bills e.g. utilities, mortgage, food, kids tuition, insurance and transportation. If you are not earning enough and if you're a single mom, the situation becomes more challenging.
In my thirteen years of motherhood, I have seen moms like me who did part-time jobs to augment the family's income. The jobs range from selling health products such as Lifestyle, Forever Living, Amway and other MLM-related products, faux designer clothes, jewelries, life insurance and even food. I used to do MLM but I was unsuccessful. I guess I wasn't cut out to be a hard-core marketer. Come to think of it, it wasn't really a product-centered type of marketing. They (those people at the top of the pyramid) made it seem like it was product-centered but in afterthought, it was not. You earn big bucks through referrals. I recall how they term your recruits. They're called downlines. Your earning potential heavily lies on your recruits or downlines. That's where the money is, unless you sold truckloads of weight loss power shakes and elixirs that claims to eliminate bad breath, toxins in the body and so on.
In addition, I sold pillows to my co-workers. I forgot the name of the brand but it was those type of inflatable pillows with lovely Disney characters printed on the fabric. I made more money from the pillows than MLM. The MLM was a waste of both time and money.
Now, I still do part-time gigs when my time allows me to. But I've graduated from selling consumer items. I've gone online since the internet business is thriving... despite the recession.
As a full-time working mom, the schedule is forgiving and best of all it allows flexibility. I'm not saying that it's an easy job. I still have to work long hours. What I'm saying is the fruits of my labor allows me to enjoy some luxury and beef up my savings account.
If the income derived from my part-time work exceeds or comes close to what I'm earning in my full-time job, should i ditch the day job? It's tempting but I don't think it will be the right thing to do. At least for now. I could work part-time in my full-time job and be full-time in my part-time job. Does that make sense?
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Becoming part-time in your full-time job
Labels: Career Options
Posted by Mari at 6/06/2009
5 comments:
Why choose one over the other when "you can have your cake and eat it too" ? It seems to me you've been doing a very good job of keeping your part-time job from getting in the way of your full-time one and vice versa. With your day job you know what and how much you're getting "next month". It provides you and your family members medical, dental and maybe optical insurances. You have job security and you're not taking yourself out of the market.
I don't know, maybe one day you may eventually make more with your part-time but the funny thing about internet-based business is, it is seldom that someone is able to be really successful at it and do it for the long haul. But if you have to choose then you'd have to consider your long term financial security very seriously.
cyborg
Cyborg,
I try to balance the two and not neglect my mommy duties. It's tough especially on the schedules and deadlines. But I love what I'm doing so I make sure that I work around my tight schedule and stick to it.
I have clients who are full-time online and they make a decent income from it. I guess it's just a matter of creating multiple streams of income to keep one afloat and enjoy life as well.
MLM is a total waste of time I agree.
Good for you, if you make enough money from your part time job to make you think you'd ditch your full time job ! I think the decision will have to be related to stress. If you can slow down on your part time and make enough, that will be dandy too :)
It's hard to tell what the future will bring. I believe freelancing online is here to stay. It may evolve into different forms as technology changes but it will definitely be around for quite a while.
"Make hay while the sun shines," as an old saying goes. I wish you all the best. I'll be here.
As long as it doesn't interfere with your day-time job, family time and personal time, I think a part time job is great. But IMO, I'll stick to my day time job even if I earn less than my other job. There is stability in it.
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