OnlyMe Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Home "owners", or home "debtors"? http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/busi...ond+jobs/522452 Homeowners 'taking on second jobs' Print this page Last Modified: 20 May 2007 Source: PA News Almost a fifth of Britons have had to take on a second job to maintain their lifestyle as interest rates and house prices soar, a survey has revealed. .... "Our research shows that increasing numbers of people want to get more out of life than a nine to five salaried job can provide. One size no longer fits all," said Andy Wiggans of Bradford & Bingley. LOL! talk about spinning it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slumpmonkey Returns Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Home "owners", or home "debtors"?http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/busi...ond+jobs/522452 Homeowners 'taking on second jobs' Print this page Last Modified: 20 May 2007 Source: PA News Almost a fifth of Britons have had to take on a second job to maintain their lifestyle as interest rates and house prices soar, a survey has revealed. .... But surely it's worth taking on two jobs to get onto the housing ladder. That's the most important thing in an Englishman's life isn't it? "Our research shows that increasing numbers of people want to get more out of life than a nine to five salaried job can provide. One size no longer fits all," said Andy Wiggans of Bradford & Bingley. LOL! talk about spinning it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripandcap Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 I've spoken to a few of those people. Madness, but some times its the only way to pay the bills. Talking about over stretched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slumpmonkey Returns Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 "But surely it must be worth working two jobs and never seeing my kids or going on holiday - at least I'm on the housing ladder." "This is my responsibility as a property obsessed Englishman." "I have to get on the ladder now or I'll be locked out for ever." "You're nothin in England if your not an OO." etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubai Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 "more for less" steps up a notch..... They'll be selling those "get 8 hours kip in 3" pills in Building Societies soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 (edited) "Working over 50 hours a week and dying young is well worth so long as it enables you to stay on the housing ladder. Just do it!," said Andy twit of Scum Bank Plc. Edited May 20, 2007 by gruffydd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headmelter Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Another way of putting it might be: One jobs salary not enough to live on any longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 This reminds me of an an evening radio phone in the other day, on couples that hardly ever spent any time together because they were always working. Mainly women ringing in saying they were having second thoughts about married life, it wasnt what they expected. It was all work for both. Of course they never mentioned the real reason for this, that they paid far too much for their house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Why don't these people just remortgage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Probably already have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 (edited) More adventurous sidelines uncovered by the research compiled for High Street lender Bradford & Bingley include an astrologer, a diver, a ski instructor and Reiki practitioner. Having fun with those bank forms. I wonder what they put as their income! Edited May 20, 2007 by Ash4781 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cogs Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Home "owners", or home "debtors"?LOL! talk about spinning it! Indeed, same report, different spin? What is going on here eh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 In Japan's lost decade did they end up with an extremely competitive jobs' market ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bart of Darkness Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Almost a fifth of Britons have had to take on a second job to maintain their lifestyle What, in Crash Gordon's miracle economy? There must be another reason for this. There must! Maybe the UK is turning into a nation of workaholics. Yes, that must be it. They're doing it because they want to you see. It's a lifestyle choice. I'm glad we've sorted that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuyingBear Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Work 70 hours per week, send your wife out to work and you too could afford the self same house your father's salary easily afforded 30 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0rk Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Work 70 hours per week, send your wife out to work. Isn't prostitution still illegal and what happens if the wife isn't particularly attractive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuyingBear Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Isn't prostitution still illegal and what happens if the wife isn't particularly attractive? If men have to work 70 hours per week they will be somewhat knackered, so they have to outsource that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlad1967 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Isn't prostitution still illegal and what happens if the wife isn't particularly attractive? Get another wife? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorJ Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 for both partners to work is pretty much the norm. I guess that if you want to start a family then one of the partners has to get two jobs to cover what is lost by the other staying at home. or you have three jobs between the two of you to pay for childcare what a nightmare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuyingBear Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Get another wife? We may well see the legalisation of polygamy, just imagine the possible mortgage multiples available! The banking elite must be salivating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 I found the article a big non event. People have had second jobs for years (centuries) and in fact evening work becomes part of some peoples social life. Writing a book and memoirs is another and even taking in a lodger is a second job for many. The only relatively new angle is selling on Ebay....and why not....this is efficient recycling, whether you are green or blue. For others it is called 'getting a life' often in preparation for a second career. When you work at something you enjoy 'doing the hours' is irrelevant and you are re-energised. Many people on this forum are actually working in a sense albeit unpaid....do you not notice how the minutes fly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPC Convert Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Indeed, same report, different spin?What is going on here eh. This article is from 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charlie The Tramp Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 All the 22 years I was an employed person I worked 6 days a week plus 13 hours regular overtime. This enabled Mrs CTT to pack up work 5 years into our marriage and allowing us to purchase a 4 bed detached house on 3x my single earnings in 1976. Sadly they don`t make them like me anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuyingBear Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Sadly they don`t make them like me anymore. But the fact remains that a young Charlie couldn't achieve the same outcome today despite working the same hours (unless he took to dealing charlie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charlie The Tramp Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 But the fact remains that a young Charlie couldn't achieve the same outcome today despite working the same hours (unless he took to dealing charlie) There are many opportunities today for those who are savvy. You don`t have to be a City Whizz Kid or high up in IT to earn good money, or commit illegal acts. The richest person I know left school at 15 and at 60 is still earning a fortune every day. He reminds me of Pa Larkin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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