' Many of today's workers realise that it makes sense to have two jobs to make ends meet.

Tesi Johnson, Gleaner Writer

Most offices have at least one - someone who peddles at work, offering up snacks, make-up, lingerie, phone-cards and other items for sale, right there in the workplace.

For many, buying and selling, often using their workplace as the primary market, is an important means of supplementing the salary earned at their 'nine-to-five'.

"With the convenience of having goods come to you, coupled with the usual 'month-end' payment plans, I will tend to patronise these 'lunch-time' stores', explains Jermaine, who regularly buys clothing from a co-worker who sells out of his car trunk.

Significant earnings

But how are the earnings made from such practices really significant?

Michelle Buchanan, a former advertising salesperson, resigned from her day job when her 'hustle' selling of ladies underwear proved to be a bigger earner.

"When I just started, I made approximately $15,000 per month," she says. "And when I began to put more effort into it, I would make about $30,000," she continues.

Eventually, Buchanan decided to invest all of her time in selling. "To make more money it required more of my time, and I saw where there was potential for greater earnings," she explains, "and that's when I left my job."

Since then she has managed to expand her 'buying and selling'.