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Rehd

Anyone have resources or leads on weekend jobs that are primarily not physical?

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I haven't been in this boat for awhile.

I have a pretty good job, but I work 55-70 hours during the week and sometimes late weekend nights. I'm quite skilled with computers as my job is advanced in IT. Recently, I've herniated a disc in my back and things like moving, standing, existing, etc are all pretty painful. My wife just lost her job and I'm reeling trying to figure out how we don't lose our house. We have a plan to move forward, but realistically it's going to be 6-9 months before she sees income again.

So at the moment, I'm looking for a job that is on weekends morning to evening that ideally I don't commute to, but certainly can. The job would just have to be not physical and allow me to sit / stand at my leisure, it can't be physical really. Lifting anything, walking distances, etc is all out for me right now. It would obviously be for a short period of time as well, but I would like to think I'm pretty smart, quick to train, and I offer a ton of technical skills that would be a steal for what I'm willing to work for on the weekend right now. Any chance someone has resources, leads, or ideas on how to find work like this?

Posted Nov 17, 2023, 7:18 PM UTC

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myflesh•

I hate everything about this post.

Good luck in your search.

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Pterodactyl_midnight•

Do you have any college education?

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RehdOP•

I went to community college for a few years a very long time ago, no degree. I'm self taught in IT.

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Holiday_Parsnip_9841•

If she’s not working in her industry, she should get a seasonal job somewhere else. You trying to work extra shifts on top of a 55-70 hour main job while injured is going to destroy you physically even if the second job is totally sedentary.

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Pterodactyl_midnight•

Your wife can look into Auto-Insurance Claims. You need a Bachelor’s degree in basically anything. But it can be work from home and make 60-70k starting.

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nonsensestuff•

Can your wife find temporary gig work?

Even doing Instacart or something to just get some money coming through?

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RehdOP•

She is planning to find something, the problem is that we are at a very steep deficit with anything she gets and it will require more than whatever she finds for now.

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nonsensestuff•

I'm not following this logic here

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probeguy•

Hotel clerk via PSU: https://jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=weekend&query_v0_posted_at_date=&commit=Search

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MIZZKATHY74•

https://www.indeed.com/career/call-center-representative/jobs/Portland--OR?mna=&&aceid=&kw=adwords_m_6194641982_20276350446_0_0_pmax&sid=us_googmobcontjspmax_sales_NTGY4_c__g_9032849_gclid$_CjwKCAiAu9yqBhBmEiwAHTx5pwja-2QiaXb5A9kyRQnmCgHdTGA_x6n5rAzW7mvS57HUx54DufwyAxoC4FoQAvD_BwE&gclid=CjwKCAiAu9yqBhBmEiwAHTx5pwja-2QiaXb5A9kyRQnmCgHdTGA_x6n5rAzW7mvS57HUx54DufwyAxoC4FoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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BorisTheDog•

Check out OHSU

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S1lv3rSmith•

Apologies if this is too nosy, but what about you finding a new job? The tech market is tougher than usual (nowhere near as bad as reddit thinks, but certainly not great), and it's always tough around the holidays, but if you have an "advanced" job in IT and you're averaging over 60 hours a week, how is that not enough? The whole point of IT is not having to work crazy hours.

In my personal experience, Portland tech companies have extremely low pay and extremely high standards relative to the talent pool and the cost of living here. I get paid way more at companies in low cost of living cities working remotely than I get paid here. If you have an IT job here that lets you work remote then you could probably get one at a company that pays better, and it doesn't have to be in Portland.

Sorry you're dealing with this.

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