40% of Australians work more than 40 hours a week (Daily Telegraph)
According to the Daily Telegraph, 40 percent of Australians work more than 40 hours a week, while working at least two jobs is the new norm for Sydney residents.
Australia now has two jobs for seven hundred and sixty two thousand nine hundred and ninety nine people, most of them from Sydney, according to an analysis of (Australian Bureau of Statistics), the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The number of people in Australia with no less than two jobs has risen 9.2 percent since 2011. Australia's second job typically involves administration, health care, social assistance, services and retail, which are dominated by young people.
As the number of part-time jobs exceeds that of full-time jobs, Australians are increasingly required to have at least two jobs at the same time. Some Australians are even working seven days a week.
McClindell (Mark McCrindle), a socio-demographic statistician, said the group with multiple jobs was the fastest-growing category of workers. Sydney is an expensive city where commuters need a second job to make a living. Wages have risen slowly over the past few years, but house prices and the cost of living have been rising, so residents have no choice but to figure out other ways to cope with the financial deficit.
McClindell worries that the growing number of people who have a second job could have a bigger social impact, both bad for social health and a breakdown in the mental health of families, communities and individuals.
Australia has been working 40 hours a week for more than 70 years, but at least 2 to 5 Australians still work more than 40 hours a week, he said. For the younger generation, they face greater challenges, even if they have a college diploma.
Sves (Rachel Service), who works as a job consultant, says that for some people, they prefer to get a sense of satisfaction at work, so if they don't get that satisfaction in a nine-to-five job, Will look for another job. But she warned that people with multiple jobs could be at risk of job burnout.