Multiple jobs becoming a necessity: College kid and two jobs

Borrelli doing a "clean sweep walk," making sure the store is spill-free

In order to ensure the safety of keeping his part-time job, freshman at Saint Joseph's University Mike Borrelli goes home a few weekends a month to work at Giant Food Stores in Harleysville. 

"It's hard because it's my first year away from home and I really want to experience it," said Borrelli, who has worked there for three years, "But I can't afford to lose my job at home before summer." 

Borrelli also has a job working for St. Joe's throughout the school year, "I'm a student worker at the office of alumni relations and development so it's sort of like a paid internship," Borrelli said, "I don't get a lot of hours but I have the job just for money to get food and stuff because my parents are already stressed with tuition." 

While working at giant, Borrelli said he works with people both young and old due to certain economic circumstances.

"I work with a lot of teenagers but there are also older people who work with me in order to bring in a little extra money either to pay for their kids college or their mortgage," Borrelli said, "They mostly work at night because they have full time jobs during the day." 

Borrelli pushing carts in the rain.