'I work three jobs and earn six figures - but it's still not enough to get by'

04 January 2024 , 11:37

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Jourdan Skirha vented about her financial struggles in a video on TikTok (Image: jourdskir/TikTok)

A woman broke down in tears after sparking a debate by revealing she is struggling financially - despite working three jobs and earning six figures.

Jourdan Skirha, 29, posted a three-minute video on TikTok last week venting about her financial struggles. Jourdan, who is single, claims she has worked since she was 15 but is now "drowning financially". While she does not reveal what exactly she does for work, Jourdan does disclose she earns "six figures". "I have three jobs. And I'm still f****** struggling," Jourdan, who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona said.

"I'm just getting myself farther and farther into credit card debt, because I don't have enough after the first of the month to avoid using it. It just isn't working. Full time job, not doing it. Got a second job, it's barely doing it. The third job? Hit or miss if I even get paid on time. I feel like I'm drowning and I don't know what to do."

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Jourdan works three jobs but still struggles financially (Instagram)

Jourdan admits she "does not know if any industry is doing well" at the moment. "I used to be a server," she said. "I used to have all this cash every night, whenever I would work, walk out with cash. And I don't have that anymore and I don't even know if they are doing ok right now. I have seriously considered quitting my full-time good job to go back to serving, because at least I can… use my personality and try to get more money than minimum wage or what an entry-level job pays people nowadays. It's f****** sick."

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The 29-year-old revealed she tried to call her mum and Snapchat her friends because she "needed to vent" before recording the TikTok clip. "Is it anyone else," Jourdan asked. "Or am I just a dumb b**** with money because I used to not be.

"My credit used to be f****** phenomenal. Credit card bill? Paid it all off, every single time. It's not like that. It can't be like that anymore." Jourdan ended the video by asking if anyone else is in a similar situation. The post has been commented on more than 22,000 times and has over three million views.

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The video Jourdan posted online has more than three millions views (Instagram)

One person said: "I'm a dental hygienist and make really good money, I'm 34 on my own and I am still living paycheck to paycheck." Another commented: "I definitely feel this too girl! I am 32 year old single woman and am struggling. Idk how people with kids do it right now."

A third added: "At almost 29 this is the brokest I’ve been since I graduated college 7 years ago." A fourth said: "32, living on my own, make 6 figures and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck. Balance transfers save me on credit card debt."

Jourdan herself took to the comments to hit back at people who claimed she should cut down on luxuries such as getting her nails done and paying for beauty treatments like botox. "The one thing I'll never give up personally is getting my nails done, because I have been doing that my entire life," she said. "It doesn't really matter cause it makes me happy."

Sam Truelove