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Reduce working hours without sacrificing salary: Hello mini-job

2023-05-10T05:18:07.397Z

Highlights: If you are frustrated in your current job situation, you should take action and tackle your own professional happiness. Many shy away from changing jobs or daring to make a complete lateral entry because they fear that they will earn less than in their current job. The advantage of mini-jobs is that your gross salary usually ends up in your account. While in your full-time job, depending on the tax bracket, you sometimes have to give up more than 40 percent. The disadvantage: 520 euros is the upper limit, you can't earn more.



Trapped in the hamster wheel of the 40-hour week? One way to break out without sacrificing salary is the mini-job.

If you are frustrated in your current job situation, you should take action and tackle your own professional happiness. But how? Many shy away from changing jobs or daring to make a complete lateral entry because they fear that they will earn less than in their current job.

Reduce working hours: Work four days instead of five or four days

But perhaps not everything needs to be turned upside down immediately. After all, there are other options. For example, in your main job, you can reduce working hours and work four days instead of five. For many, this is already an enormous relief. Because 40 hours a week pushes many to their limits, as a discussion on Reddit shows.

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Compensate for the loss of salary with a mini-job

What is clear is that if you work less, you will also earn less. But if you don't want to deteriorate financially, you can compensate for the losses with a mini-job. The advantage of mini-jobs is that your gross salary usually ends up in your account. While in your full-time job, depending on the tax bracket, you sometimes have to give up more than 40 percent, this is not the case with a 520-euro job. The disadvantage: 520 euros is the upper limit, you can't earn more. In addition, you are not insured because you do not pay social security contributions. You should therefore inform yourself comprehensively on the subject and weigh up further advantages and disadvantages of a minjob for yourself.

In ice cream parlours and in the swimming pool: In summer, the demand for mini-jobbers is particularly high. (Symbolic image) © Barbara Neveu/Imago

How much to reduce? Choosing the right mini-job

Anyone who has decided to reduce working hours in their main job and look for a mini-job can now pull out the calculator. Since you usually get paid 520 euros with a 520-euro job, you can calculate how much working time you can reduce in your main job. And then, of course, you have to choose the right mini-job. From ice cream seller to waiter or babysitter – mini-jobs are like sand on the sea. A tip: Look for a mini-job that gives you pleasure, because that's why you've reduced the working hours in your main job.

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