Second Child

jozvaldo

We currently have a 2 year old daughter and my wife is pregnant with our second due later this year. She has 2 part time jobs at the moment but is probably going to have to let one go as she is getting very tired and I don't want her falling ill. Does anybody have any ideas/suggestions/stories of jobs or companies that provide legitimate homeworking opportunites. All ideas, comments would be gratefully received as would the extra earning potential.

This would then provide an opportunity for me to help out where possible.

Kind regards

Spendless

Can't help with any ideas of work but if your OH has worked for at least 26 weeks out of the 66 b4 baby is born and earned at least £30 a week she should be entitled to some maternity pay (think it's called Maternity Allowance) even if she isn't entitled to SMP thru her employers.

Also when baby is boarn tell tax credits as you receive the baby element (an extra £545p.a) for the first year of babys life.

HTH

Becles

Would she consider mystery shopping or merchandising? If she wants anymore info on either, please let me know.

Bendybops19

Becles wrote:

Would she consider mystery shopping or merchandising? If she wants anymore info on either, please let me know.

Hi Becles - i've wanted to mystery shopping for ages but never know where to look to sign up! Can you let me know?

Thanks!
Bendybops19

telly-addict

From the mystery shopping I've done, I doubt that it can replace a part-time job, as the biggest fee I have had is £12 - perhaps I am getting the wrong jobs?

I am a distributor for Betterware and find it very flexible as I have two small children. No cash up front (unlike Kleeneze or Avon) and you earn 20% commission. They are always looking for distributors and probably need someone in your area.

I don't get anything for posting this - betterware.co.uk will probably have a link to put you in touch with your local co-ordinator.

If you want to know any more you can PM me (if you know how that works?!). I know how tiring it is when you are pregnant with the second child.

tightgit_2

I signed up for mystery shopping, but all the assignments were so low paid, it just wasn't worth the bother.

Becles

I'm a single Mam and my sole job is mystery shopping and merchandising. It's enough for 3 of us to live on.

I am registered with loads of companies though so I can pick and choose what jobs I take. Have a look on Google - there's loads of companies out there.

Str4berr3

Or how about doing a course for Pattern Sewing? (i think i got the name right.) then you can sew at home for clothing companies. depending on how much you sew is how much you will get. does anyone know what i mean of this job because i remeber when i was little my Stepmum use to do this, unfortunatley we dont get to talk anymore so i cant get anymore info about it. (you have to buy yourself a sewing machine ( proberly one of those industrial one's) This is a idea, and i think the rest is for you to research on

mah_jong

perhps I am wrong...but I felt mystery shopping along with online surveys depended alot on where you lived ( access to certain chains etc) and/or your age/sex/ family size/income/ disposable income. etc. I have no idea how many times I filled things out only to find out NO......i do not meet the requirements.

I have met this with street and phone surveys too. (Makes you think...........).

tightgit_2

Becles wrote:

I'm a single Mam and my sole job is mystery shopping and merchandising. It's enough for 3 of us to live on.

I am registered with loads of companies though so I can pick and choose what jobs I take. Have a look on Google - there's loads of companies out there.

Hi I am very interested in this. Can you tell me if there is a big difference between companies as to what they pay ? The jobs I have had have been very low. e.g. the last one offered £5 to go and eat a meal with a child buying certain things and a questionaire max. spend £20.

Ticklemouse

I do mystery shopping but now only for one company, because it fits in with all my other commitments. Some weeks are better than others, obviously, but last year I earned a whopping £960 Not much, if you need it to be your main source of income, but there again, this is for 1 company only and I also find I make 'savings' in other ways, in that I get paid mileage/carparking etc so fit my own needs around the jobs and vice versa.

I have also found that now I have been doing work for this company for nearly 2 years now, I get offered a lot more jobs and some are quite lucrative. They know I am reliable, good at it and have never let them down, so, for example, I have been offered £40 to do a job I originally turned down at £12, because another assessor let them down at the last minute. At that price, it was worth me doing it