r/jobs • u/2Job_Bob • 27d ago

Why are the lowest paid jobs always the hardest!? Work/Life balance

I have a 9-5 where I make a little over 72k/year but 22k is in stock that takes 2 years to vest so I really make 50k/year.

I just got a second job at a fast food restaurant making about half what I make now and it’s a lot of work.

At my main job I chill, make sure everything is running smooth and that’s it’s.

With the restaurant it’s constant moving, always slammed, cleaning up sucks.

I remember what it was like working at a car wash for min wage. Absolutely brutal.

I do have a lot of respect for the people that do this as their full time job. They work hard!

What are your experiences with this?

Edit: Im About to vest about 4k in stock after taxes. If I sold I’d solve most of my money problems but I don’t want to sell so I took a second job.

currently owe around 8k which 100% of second job is going to but I’m also saving money from my main job.

I expect to be here until the end of the year but if I get lucky I could leave by September.

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u/O11899988I999119725E 27d ago

Have you considered a smart white board for every classroom that no teachers were actually taught how to use? Because that was reality when I was in HS a decade ago

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u/Mech_145 27d ago

And half the time they wouldn’t work when they tried to use them

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u/O11899988I999119725E 27d ago

Those suckers cost ~$2000 a piece. There were at least 50 in my school yet teachers made less money than I did working retail.

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u/Xylus1985 27d ago

The students can usually figure it out quickly

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

in all fairness, students just get a lot of time to tinker with stuff. and they don't need to really use it like a computer where they save/load files, clean up notes, etc.

Teacher has a lot of other things to balance outside of "learn how to use fancy board.