Has any one ever worked 2 jobs (each 2 days/week)? Benefits? Bad things?

[MattHancocksPrivateNurse]

I am considering taking 2 jobs part time (one 18 hours/week, one 15 hours/week) each would be on set days.
They are both different fields but both things I would enjoy and feel passionate about. I currently work in one of the fields.
I wouldn't be expected to do any over time in each and any training etc would only be on the days I am contracted to work for each (I am barriered about that currently).
Has anyone done this successfully? Any negatives? FWIW one job is very flexible with A/L timings so it would be unlikely I could get A/L in one job and not the other (if that makes sense).
Thanks!

Have a look about what it means in terms of ur tax.

You get NI allowances in both jobs, so that potentially increases your take home - although you'd want to have enough overall to qualify for state pension contributions.

Following this as I’m potentially in the same position and slightly concerned about what it will do to taxes etc.

Taxes - you get HMRC to allocate your personal allowance. If one job is over the limit have it all allocated there then pay basic rate on the other, if both below the limit then have it split.
Overall your tax position should be the same as based on total income, but NI is different as I mention above.

I work two jobs, both 2 days a week each, the 2nd job sometimes offers overtime which I like to say yes to if I'm not at the first job.
Also get UC, both are minimum wage so I don't pay tax on either.

For a while I did 2 days at one job, 3 at another. Teaching at university.

Advantages:
Gave me job options in future
Varied job experience
Met more people

Disadvantages
Having to be 100% on top of both jobs - emails, meetings
Couldn't attend all meetings or socialising
Couldn't always take holidays at a good time for both
Couldn't take on extra hours in either job - ultimately chose one over the other to go full time

Yes I worked for two NHS trusts 3/2 day split

Enjoyed it and think I split my tax code. It worked out accurately in the year and ai had nil crossover issues. Annual leave and pension accrued for each role

Same role but different areas. I'd do it again if needed!

Yep I've done this for a few years now. Only issue I've found is trying to organise annual leave for both can be a bit of a pain but nothing that being organised and booking early can't solve.

I am planning on leaving my 2nd role to do more hours in my 1st purely because it's a direction I want to develop my career in. I have enjoyed the variety and working with different teams in both areas though.

I also did this for years as a student. Tended to have one as emergency tax and claimed back any overpayment at the end of the year. Again worked fine but there were no pension implications at these roles

It's definitely better than just one part time job - the main downside is that you won't get the benefit of being a fulltime, permanent employee, such as qualifying periods for SSP/sick pay if you are ill. But they could lead to fulltime offers if you want them to as well as the ability to compartmentalise and enjoy both as you're only there for 2-3 days - I'd also enjoy the chance to work with more/different people, as I've found out over lockdowns that the majority of my human contact comes through work and I missed it more than I thought I ever would.

I think it's worth a go to see how you feel about it after three months.

I technically have two jobs at the same place. At times I can dedicate entire days to one particular role (I have to in order keep up with certain statutory timescales - people are pretty good about it when I say I have to ringfence them for this reason), but other times, it all blends into one.

The hardest thing for me was learning two roles from scratch at the same time with no training or backup as the people who could train me had left and there was near meltdown about 3 months in when I had about seven deadlines, five events and three other things all in the space of 3 weeks because the two individuals who had done those roles had no reason to coordinate deadlines when setting them long before I started. But with that experience of only just pulling it all off, I'll have fewer issues next year as I'll be able to say No, that didn't work well last time, so I'm setting the dates as... (and giving myself as much breathing space between them as possible).

I’ve done this for years, currently 12 hours in one job and 18 in the other.
The hardest thing is being less visible, as I miss a lot of meetings in one role due to set commitments in the other. This makes it harder to stay in the loop and harder to have my say than if I was able to just do the one job.
The best thing is that I do two very interesting and very different roles, and my expertise in one is very useful in the other. It keeps life interesting!

I have all my tax allowance in the ‘bigger’ job and PAYE basic rate on the other. I do a tax return each year and, as I’m a higher rate tax payer, I have to ensure that I save the extra 20% of my smaller income so that I can pay my tax bill. It’s no problem as long as you’re aware of it!

Thanks everyone! Yes good point re: tax- do I speak to HMRC myself and ask for the 18 hour contract job to have the tax free allowance? I’d earn around £25000 in that role and around £7000 in the other role (per year obviously!) so would rather just pay basic rate on the smaller amount and I’m guessing I wouldn’t have to worry about doing a tax return. Terrified of missing something and suddenly owing £££!

@MattHancocksPrivateNurse - it's very tiring, you never feel you've finished or given enough to any of them, and if you're like me you end up working weekends to keep up...

But it really does depend on the exact jobs.

If you’re in work now, then whichever of the new employers that you give your P45 to will get your tax allowance. Otherwise yes, give HMRC a call.

I have, it is fun. Stops you getting bored or feeling institutionalised. Plus if one job pisses you off you have options. My DH does now, although it is a 75/25 split.

It is called a portfolio career these days.

I currently do
Monday/Tuesday morning SE job 1
Wednesday - employed job 2
Thursday 11-6 SE job 3!

I also don’t work in all jobs during school holidays, but I do need to sometimes pop in on a Friday or occasionally Saturday morning to either job 1 or 3 depending on if I need to check k on a patient.

Works okay usually, tax return not that straightforward, but that could be because I don’t trust anyone apart from me to do it properly and I also have investments!

I did two 0.5FTE jobs for a while. The problem was that both jobs expected extra (unpaid) hours and I ended up doing way more extra hours than I would have done in a single full time role.

I have 3 PAYE jobs currently. Each job reports monthly to HMRC. Based on this, HMRC estimates your annual earnings and splits your tax code between the jobs accordingly. If it's not right, you can log on and update the projected annual earnings for each job, which will correct the tax codes used in each job.

I did as a teacher (2.5 days in one school and 2 days in another) benefits were more experience in different schools, year groups etc and when I went on may leave I got two lots of SMP...it was FAB!