Can Having a Job Make You Money?
Growing evidence suggests your day job could also be profitable
“Rent, bills, groceries, travel costs, membership access to places to work, looking radiant, Brexit inflation; these are all things we need, and money for them has to come from somewhere,” reveals, with slight unease, (money-earning) freelance writer M., 27 years old, living in London. “You can, if you like, keep some of it back and spend it on stuff.”
M.’s case is one among a growing number of cases which suggest that young people, nowadays, are thinking differently about what work is all for. “We’re not just farmers’ cows, endlessly being squeezed for cash; we can also provide data.” Young people today are increasingly using money they’ve earned to pay for things.
M., shows us an “iPhone”. “I need this for various reasons — we need each other, really. When it breaks, I will buy a new one.” M.’s case highlights how young people believe they need to invest in things which are both themselves as individuals and the economy.
Over the past 12 months, M. has collected almost £400. Asked how he had cultivated such a sum, he simply responded “I don’t know.”
One business owner, B., 59, said, “They’re really taking the micky, these hippies. Very selfish.”
