Is it better to work one full time job, or have two part time jobs?

Question

Is it better to work one full time job, or have two part time jobs?

Answer 1

One full time is better.  You will qualify for benefits, insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, etc.

Plus, if you work over either 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week, you will earn overtime.  At a part time job, you can put in up to fourty hours each week in both and not get 1.5 your pay per hour.

Answer 2

Get both of them: One full time and one part time. It is painful, but that's the best way to get ahead in your financial situation and build a financial cushion for rainy days. I did it for many years. If the full time job offers you to work overtime, then taking the full time job with overtime would be less painful.

Answer 3

It is better to have a full time job. You get  the benefits.

Part time jobs don't take enough taxes off and you always end up paying at tax time.

Answer 4

It is better to have one fulltime job for the following reasons

1. Benefits.

2. Career. You will get a chance to move up in a full-time job. You will not get promoted in a part-time job.

3. Respect. From boss and co-worker

4. Permanence.  You stand a better job of keeping your job if it-s full-time.

5. Self-improvement.  You can improve your skills, be a better worker, extend your know-how.

6. Network.  You meet on an equal level people from other companies, vendors and customers, each of whom may be in a position someday to hire you at a better salary.

7. Celebrity. This may sound funny, but you gain a reputation and word gets around.  But as a part-timer, you earn as much respect as a computer mouse.

8. Bonuses, vacations, sick days. Part of the gravy in full-time job.

Answer 5

Depends on the jobs, but generally one full time is better. Here's why: with a full time job you get benefits, health insurance, vacation, retirement, etc. With two part time jobs, you may get more take home pay, but you usually don't have any benefits.