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Dental technician quits to become a cleaner – and earns more money

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Chersty Bitsindou used to work as a dental technician, a role which she found enjoyable. However, she realised that she wasn’t getting to spend as much time with her children as she would like.

My London reported that the 34-year-old, from Greenwich, trained for four years in dentistry and worked full-time for almost a decade, earning around £17,000 a year. In a bid to improve her work-life balance, Chertsy quit her job and started working as a cleaner instead.

In 2021, she made over £18,000 completing tasks such as hoovering and mopping – jobs she found via a community marketplace app, Airtasker.

Of the change, Chertsy, a mum-of-three, said, “I wasn’t earning enough and I spent a lot of time working.

“I was struggling to pay for my childcare and, every time I worked, all the money went towards nursery fees.”

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