The job market worsens the social gap: 20% of young people are forced to accumulate jobs to be independent

Sandra is 32 years old, has been a nurse for ten years and doesn’t know what it’s like to have just one job: she has always combined her work at the Funchal hospital with part-time work as a nurse in a nursing home. She’s a fan of it because, otherwise, she would live on the money and the balance at the end of the month would be zero, even without going out to dinner or on vacation. This is the reason that also leads João (fictitious name) to dedicate nights, lunch hours and weekends to his second job in the communications field. If, in the beginning, when she started working, it even gave her some enjoyment to have more than one occupation, now, at 31 years old, she would be grateful if she could live off one job. “Continuing with this after seven years is different. But it’s the only way to save some money. There is no alternative but to work harder.â€