A single paycheck is looking increasingly fragile to today's youngest workers, who are turning to “income stacking,” which involves layering side gigs, freelance work and small businesses on top of day jobs, to keep up with rent and rising prices.\
Gen Z Doubts Single Paycheck Security
Fiverr's annual Next Gen of Work survey, released last month, which polled more than 12,000 Gen Z and Gen Alpha respondents in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany, found 46% of Gen Z fear they won't earn enough to live comfortably. In the same study, roughly two-thirds said multiple income streams are essential for financial security.
“Gen Z is watching the single-paycheck model wobble, and instead of waiting for it to steady, they're building safety nets of their own design,” Michelle Baltrusitis, Fiverr's associate director of …
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