Why don't you earn enough?

Pound

I think a lot of the threads in this forum seem to focus on ways of earning small amounts of money, such as filling in surveys for a few pence, doing mystery shopping assignments for less than minimum wage, etc.

The obvious way of getting more money is to get a better job! Even if you already earn a good wage there's always another rung on the ladder. I'm wondering what is stopping you from getting a better job?

For me I didn't enjoy my University course so I didn't complete it and started working instead but I'm now low on qualifications; something I'm working on now though. I also hate jobs interviews!

What about everyone else?

rustywallet

A lot of women who would normally just stay at home and look after the kids need an income so they go for the surveys etc that they can do when the kids are in bed...

geordie_joe

Pound wrote: »

The obvious way of getting more money is to get a better job! Even if you already earn a good wage there's always another rung on the ladder. I'm wondering what is stopping you from getting a better job?

The problem with that is the higher the ladder the fewer the jobs there are.

Take my company, there are around 200 "shop floor" workers, above them are 8 supervisors. Not much chance of getting up another rung on the ladder.

The main thing stopping most people getting a better job is all the other applicants that apply for the same job.

afterglow_2

i did a degree in editorial photography that didnt really prepare me for a high earning job!! did have my own photography darkroom business but started it at the advent of digital photography and lost loads of money, then worked for an internet photography business and got hit by the dot com bubble bursting!!!
so have worked as a chef and barman for years now, though just trained as licensee, so hoping to get a managers job soon!
and then once getting debt free will get back onto the photography as you need money to get on with that, but i know im good enough to make good money out of it!!

aurora_borealis_2

Nothing stopped me - I'm stubborn as a mule!

I had a minimum wage job for years (loved it!) while I was bringing up children. At the same time, I studied to gain diplomas, degrees and ultimately a PhD.

I earn very well now

brooke3

Getting promotions takes time and work (which I'm putting in and have actually just been promoted) and for me it's a case of earning a little bit extra while I'm waiting for the next promotion.
My job doesn't pay that well compared to other jobs for people with my qualifications but I made the decision that it's better to work for a cause that you really believe in (I work in child protection) than sell yourself to the highest bidder. I will probably never earn huge amounts of money (hopefully I'll earn more than I do now though!) but that doesn't mean that I don't want to buy nice things and have a little bit extra to play with.

PasturesNew

The quickest/easiest way to get more money is to have a partner. Two incomes, one lot of overheads.

Unfortunately, I've never found one.

Having a partner also enables you to take time to get on, to start at the bottom in something new, things you can't do if you're a sole earner. So you end up working for £12-15k to keep going because you can't afford to take the job at £10k that will be £18-20k maybe in 4-5 years' time and £25k in 8-10 years.

Tufnell_2

It's sometimes far from easy to move up the ladder. In some companies there is no ladder up from the job you are doing. The only choice is to retrain for something different. In that position you need to think about what you would want to do for a living, not just what you want to earn.

milliemonster

Also, in my job if I start to progress much more, it will be expected of me to work 'beyond 9-5 including weekends' and work takes over your life, I'm sorry but I have a young family and I want a life outside my job

Becles

I could earn more if I was employed, but I love being self employed. What employer would allow me to alter my shifts around my children, take extra time off in the holidays, let me wander off out because the weather looks nice and I fancy taking the dog for a walk, stick a load of washing in before work then take a break to peg it on the line etc, etc, etc.

I may not make as much money, but I do get an awful lot more time which is more precious to me than money.

I do surveys as they're a quick and easy way of earning money. It may seem like pennies at the time, but it soon mounts up. I've just bought my eldests main Christmas present with vouchers from surveys and I've currently got £50 in Tesco vouchers, £20 in Argos and £36 in luncheon vouchers (can be spent on groceries) put away for Christmas goodies, and £40 in Homebase vouchers towards a bit of DIY next week.

KittyKate

What makes you think the majority of us don't earn enough OP? That's a bit presumptuous. I earn enough (I am sensible of course!) but why look a gift horse in the mouth!?

I am trying to save money to buy a house. So rather than spend my own money on Christmas presents, I spend Saturday night writing reviews whilst watching telly with my hubby and then when I get the Amazon vouchers, I can buy the presents for 'free'. It's easy and it keeps my money where I want it - in the bank.