Young Aussie woman Teresa busts huge boomer myth with startling revelation about her lifestyle: ‘It’s overwhelming’
A young woman who once worked three jobs has busted the baby boomer myth that the next generations are “lazy and spoiled.”
Teresa, a 22-year-old Gen Z woman from Adelaide, said she worked multiple jobs and that being “overworked” was not for the “weak”.
New research shows that people born after 1997 are increasingly likely to hold down two full-time jobs and work 80 hours a week.
According to the employment website Indeed, people with office jobs are taking on full-time jobs to pay the higher bills.
“The reason I’m overworked and working three jobs now is so I can meet some savings goals,” Teresa explains in a TikTok video.
‘Is it overwhelming? Yes. Do I work on the weekends? Yes. Do I ever shut down? No.
‘Eventually, at some point, I’ll probably have to taper off of it… What I can say is that you absolutely don’t want to do this long term.
“It definitely affects the time I can spend with friends, the time I can spend with my partner and the time I can spend on my music.”
Teresa, a 22-year-old Gen Z woman from Adelaide, revealed that she has worked multiple jobs and that ‘being overworked’ is not for the ‘weak’
In a separate video, Teresa revealed that she had quit one of her jobs and now had two jobs instead of three.
“I work three days in real estate marketing, two days in food marketing, and I work on the weekends. You could also say I make music,” she said.
‘There aren’t enough days in the week to do everything and I’m feeling a bit tired and listless.
‘I was puzzled and something had to be done.’
Many Australians work their second job during their main job hours, making working from home a new opportunity.
But there is a downside to much longer working hours. Indeed research shows that 77 percent of employees experience mental health issues, while three-quarters say it affects their physical health.
Eight in ten said it stopped them from spending time with their family.
According to Sally McKibbin, a career expert at Indeed, bosses would be concerned if their staff had another job on their time.
“It is concerning to see so many employees borrowing time from their primary employer to take on a second job. This is clearly having a major impact on business performance and workplace dynamics,” she said.
People who combine multiple jobs almost without exception use artificial intelligence: 94 percent use AI for their primary job and 92 percent for their secondary jobs.
Australians are increasingly working two full-time jobs and 80-hour weeks to cope with the cost of living and unaffordable housing, new research has found.
Nine out of ten say AI will enable them to hold more than one full-time job.
“Using AI to manage multiple jobs demonstrates how technology is changing the workforce,” McKibbin said.
‘But the impact on workers’ mental and physical health cannot be ignored.
‘Combining two full-time jobs, regardless of technological efficiency, pushes many to the limit.’
Australians are engaged in a generation war with Gen Z and Millennials, who are often described as ‘lazy’ and ‘spoilt’.
West Australian Generation X woman Trudy Wertheim said she had decided to spend her children’s inheritance.
“There are generations coming up that just don’t expect to ever work,” she said. Yeah.
‘They expect to inherit, receive or buy a family home from their parents.’