When reporter Sarah Antle began work on a series about people working multiple jobs to survive, she could relate. She's known that way of living herself.
CBC's recent series The Grind put work particularly multiple jobholding under the spotlight. When we invited readers to join the conversation, we received dozens of responses from across the country.
Rebecca Gladney and Rafid Khan are each working double-duty to pay the bills. Working two jobs most days, they have little time left for anything else in life.
Neither Rebecca Gladney nor Rafid Khan has any spare time. With two chaotic work schedules, they barely have any downtime for themselves at all. "You can hear your body scream for rest," says Khan, who has two jobs on top of full-time studies with a double major.