Hey mumsnet! I was reading another thread on high earners who work very little/wfh and it has fuelled something in me that has been bubbling for a while. I am a teacher and cannot do it anymore. The only way of a good life in education, is doing it abroad. For now, that is not going to work.
I have been scouring the Internet for remote jobs and my social media is now full of people telling me they can show me how to make a minimum of £5k a month and I'm about to be drawn in. I private rent and have no hope ever of saving enough to be able to give my children a secure home. I also earn "too much" to be eligible for social housing. I need something from this existence.
My question to you is, is this work that these people advertise viable? I see online narrator, freelance digital marketing (whatever that is), transcribing, getting paid to test video games, rentafriend websites and even a remote job with Google once you have acquired a 'project management certificate' from Google. These are supposed to be lucrative whilst working hours that suit you, but does anyone know if I'm wasting my time? Also, why would these people want to show everyone how to do these jobs? Surely it just saturates the market and makes it harder for them? Anyway, help me out mumsnet. Does anyone do this type of work or knows how it works?