Weekend job for a "professional" worker

Andrew_Ryan_89

Hey guys, I work in London and in a senior role that pays around £50k. For a few reasons, money, though not tight, I could do with more for the next 6 months or so. Nothing much, just an extra £500 a month would be a massive help to pay for the wedding and clear a couple of small debts.

I would not mind working in retail, stacking shelves or whatever, but won't be able to get something with my job. Any help with that would be recommended.

The second and most likely scenario is a weekend professional job. Can anyone recommend anything? I also got to be careful that my main job does not find out about the second. Would contacting help avoid that?

Any advice will be much appreciated

DCFC79

Look at what jobs are available.

Deep_In_Debt

Supermarkets, call centres often look for weekend staff, bar work/hotel work, post office/sorting office....just a few I can think of.

I've done weekend bar work and supermarket work and weekend cleaning jobs in the past.

Detroit

Hard to say without knowing what you do in your day job and your skills and qualifications.
It wouldn't be worth the risk of breaching your current work contract by doing the same type of work on the side.

Could you tutor or do freelance training in something?

Or how about night shifts in a factory? Or weekend care work? I've seen a few of these type of jobs advertised, no experience required.

Or how about delivery driver for on line groceries for supermarkets? All major supermarket websites are showing vacancies.

Or how about Courier? Night security? Mini cab driver?

jobbingmusician

Read my signature and explore other boards on here???

elsien

Depending on the jobs you're looking at, how are you going to get around the need for references if you don't want the current employer to find out ?

Snakey

It is not worth doing low-level work, the hourly rate after tax won't be worth the cost of losing your free time, travel time, and always being knackered.

If you have your professional exams, you could apply to the exam board to be a marker. It's not terribly well paid, but you (to an extent - it has deadlines) can do it to fit around the rest of your life.

You'll not find anything like your main job at weekends, assuming you mean steady professional employment with regular hours. Freelance is more trouble than it's worth for your short-term plan, you need insurance and money laundering and all sorts of stuff plus if you don't have the contacts you'll spend a lot of time trying to find customers before you can even start to be paid.

Do you know any one-man bands in your line of work? Perhaps they might have some work they can give you. Trouble is, it's a quiet time for most professions. People are on holiday, there are no looming filing deadlines, and nobody's doing deals because of Brexit.

The alternative to earning more is spending less, of course. Not at all glamorous, but a £50 a month gym membership equates to twelve hours a month at minimum wage after tax. You can maybe do the same calculation for any other "easy wins" such as bringing sandwiches/leftovers for lunch, cutting down on nights in the pub, bus instead of Tube etc. There may be something that works for you.

Polarbeary

Off the top of my head...NHS bank admin/clerical work? It's flexible and pays a weekend supplement. Basically, hospitals (including private ones) have their own internal temp bank. Weekend work could be reception cover or record clerking.

Deep_In_Debt

I've just checked out weekend work in my local area and there are quite a few Estate Agents looking for weekend only Sales and Lettings Advisors/Administrators.

[Deleted User]

If I'd made a post less then a month ago about fatigue then I'd be grateful for job no 1 especially when someone had already allegedly made it clear they were more than willing to jump into my shoes for that important role in clear competition (you!) so not sure I would want to take my focus off that. From all your other strange provoking threads.

Be careful what you wish for and I'd feel irresponsible suggesting anything or deluding you that there isn't heavy scrutinism over additional working let alone why you might be seeking this.

Can advise a supermarket job required an interview on a week day, induction strictly on a week day, does reference checks and only accepts 1 weekend day worked with hours remaining to be worked over the working week making it less then compatable in reality.

jadex

You want £500 p/m for 6 months that is just £3k.
Matched betting (assuming you have not done that before) is your friend and should give you that money much quicker and from the comfort of your home.
Don't compete with people who are on minimum wages or just above. You won't be welcomed and they will soon find out you are making much more from your day job... then you become outcast...

Besides, with you being on 40% tax, even 12 p/hr won't give you £500 p/m net with working 8 hrs at 8 weekend days. And they do not pay that much for stacking shelves.