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Stacey Soloman rant that actually just shows what's wrong with the world

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Shell204 · 15/05/2026 01:55

So I've just watched a video where shes addressing someone writing an article about her sister and how she used to work as a peads nurse but now makes money online like Stacey because shes better off and get more time with her family.

How is this the way the world works?
Im not disregarding why influencers do it becaise I would if I could being a nurse myself but this is so wrong that this is the best way of getting money these days.

Its the same with ladbaby etc why the hell are all these people getting crazy money for all this stuff.

Sorry just had to rant whilst on my break on night shift on my extra shift that ive taken 🙃

OP posts:
Blodyneighbour · 15/05/2026 01:59

Just shows what she thinks about people who only care about money instead of lives.
Disgusting

DaisyChain505 · 15/05/2026 02:03

They’re the type of people who want to make money from putting their whole lives online but in the same breath complain when people have an opinion on what they see.

Just like in the real world, not everyone is going to like you or agree with you and if you want to make a lot of money from doing F all quite frankly people may get rubbed up the wrong way.

MulberryFresser · 15/05/2026 02:07

Any form of shift work is difficult with caring responsibilities- I don’t blame this lady for choosing a more flexible path. She can always return to nursing later.

WheretheFishesareFrightening · 15/05/2026 02:12

Blodyneighbour · 15/05/2026 01:59

Just shows what she thinks about people who only care about money instead of lives.
Disgusting

Sorry what?

Blodyneighbour · 15/05/2026 02:17

WheretheFishesareFrightening · 15/05/2026 02:12

Sorry what?

If she is saying that her friends and sisters etc can get more money being influences online without taking the time to care for people, ???what don't you understand about that ?

Pinepeak2434 · 15/05/2026 02:25

There are people all over tiktok who have left their jobs and earn big money via TikTok and tiktok shop. Many say it’s changed their lives.

Crushed23 · 15/05/2026 02:29

I wonder what will happen to “normal” jobs when so many people are chasing exciting careers in social media and/or trying to generate passive income through investments.

I work in Finance and we’re getting nowhere near the number of applicants for junior roles that we did 10-15 years ago. I go to recruitment fairs at universities and I just don’t see the same kind of hunger for internships that my cohort had in the late 2000s/early 2010s.

Then there’s all the people permanently leaving Finance in their late 20s or 30s - it has become such a flex to quit the rat race, even if it makes you economically worse off. Having a ‘I can take it or leave it’ attitude to one’s 9-5 is rather in vogue right now.

Zanatdy · 15/05/2026 03:01

firstly, good on her sticking up for her sister and that journalist. Secondly, who can blame Jemma for picking a more flexible career with 3 kids to care for. Thirdly, yes, content creators are making a fortune, some of those I follow on instagram do clips of how much they earn and it’s insane. There’s 3 ex nurses I follow, all living a very different lifestyle now due to content creation. NHS or normal paying jobs can’t keep up, but not everyone is going to be successful putting their life online.

In lockdown my son gained 200k followers on Tiktok, football related content. But thankfully, he dropped it once his A level restarted and he works in finance in the city now. I do think he is the type who can make money online, but i’m pleased he has chosen a more normal job. My DD would rather die than post online about herself and my eldest is way to lazy to edit a video!

DeftGoldHedgehog · 15/05/2026 03:44

Crushed23 · 15/05/2026 02:29

I wonder what will happen to “normal” jobs when so many people are chasing exciting careers in social media and/or trying to generate passive income through investments.

I work in Finance and we’re getting nowhere near the number of applicants for junior roles that we did 10-15 years ago. I go to recruitment fairs at universities and I just don’t see the same kind of hunger for internships that my cohort had in the late 2000s/early 2010s.

Then there’s all the people permanently leaving Finance in their late 20s or 30s - it has become such a flex to quit the rat race, even if it makes you economically worse off. Having a ‘I can take it or leave it’ attitude to one’s 9-5 is rather in vogue right now.

Maybe they think life is too short to do soul destroying boring jobs. I have a "proper job" but if someone can make up their own career, be entrepreneurial and make money their own way instead of going for a standard path then good luck to them. I often say to DDs that the most interesting jobs or careers are ones that you create yourself. What will happen to "normal jobs" is that many will be done by AI, or won't exist in the future, but hopefully other jobs will that we haven't even thought of at the moment.

TheRestIsEntertainent · 15/05/2026 04:25

Blodyneighbour · 15/05/2026 02:17

If she is saying that her friends and sisters etc can get more money being influences online without taking the time to care for people, ???what don't you understand about that ?

Edited

This makes as much sense as your first post!

Pippa12 · 15/05/2026 04:31

Blodyneighbour · 15/05/2026 01:59

Just shows what she thinks about people who only care about money instead of lives.
Disgusting

I don’t get this? Are you saying she is disgusting for leaving the nursing profession? If so, it’s not disgusting to get out if you feel you done. You want somebody looking after you who loves being a nurse, it’s a tough gig but if your heart isn’t in it it’s not fair on the patients and you need to walk away. Nurses don’t owe anybody anything.

Isittimeformynapyet · 15/05/2026 04:38

Blodyneighbour · 15/05/2026 02:17

If she is saying that her friends and sisters etc can get more money being influences online without taking the time to care for people, ???what don't you understand about that ?

Edited

I didn't know what you were getting at either. Your post didn't make sense.

And I think you've spelt your own username wrong 🤔

29novname · 15/05/2026 04:46

Blodyneighbour · 15/05/2026 01:59

Just shows what she thinks about people who only care about money instead of lives.
Disgusting

I also don’t know what on earth you’re trying to say …

29novname · 15/05/2026 04:57

Crushed23 · 15/05/2026 02:29

I wonder what will happen to “normal” jobs when so many people are chasing exciting careers in social media and/or trying to generate passive income through investments.

I work in Finance and we’re getting nowhere near the number of applicants for junior roles that we did 10-15 years ago. I go to recruitment fairs at universities and I just don’t see the same kind of hunger for internships that my cohort had in the late 2000s/early 2010s.

Then there’s all the people permanently leaving Finance in their late 20s or 30s - it has become such a flex to quit the rat race, even if it makes you economically worse off. Having a ‘I can take it or leave it’ attitude to one’s 9-5 is rather in vogue right now.

I think the issue is way bigger and more serious than ‘exciting careers’.

Young people can no longer be sure if they start a career that it will turn into something that will buy them a house / lifestyle (quality of life) that previous generations have taken for granted.

So instead of choosing a path where they grind out an existence which is all graft and minimal reward, they instead prioritise quality of life. Why should they be martyrs for nothing?

I can’t blame them for that. Unless we as a society get to grips with why this is happening, we’re all going to suffer the consequences. If they feel they have more opportunity online, then again, we need to ask why.

I am teaching my children to trade, because I no longer believe - even if they become lawyers or doctors - that this will guarantee them a secure future. I want them to have skills they can fall back on independently of the world of work.

winterwarmer8274 · 15/05/2026 05:14

"Im not disregarding why influencers do it becaise I would if I could"

You answered your own question - its the way the world works because its currently a very attractive career path for reasons that are obvious.

Yes it's not 'fair' but not everyone can be a successful influencer, so there will always be people needed for other jobs.

Also - you could do it, there is literally nothing stopping anyone creating videos and posting them online, you just need enough drive and motivation to put in the hard graft it takes to build an online audience (and plenty of people do it alongside full time jobs and caring duties).

Admittedly it would have been much easier for Stacy's sister.

LBFseBrom · 15/05/2026 05:51

Peads nurse?

By most standards someone with her training and some experience would be able to have a good job commanding a decent salary and some professional standing.

The difference is, online influencing/'digital creating', can make someone a millionaire quite quickly!

Check out the Nylands on facebook and youtube, they are inarticulate, have terrible grammar, post about their shopping, eating, decorating their house, taking trips, having eyebrows done and their small children. Nothing edifying or out of the ordinary and he, Jamie, has made a million! Their extended family have jumped on the bandwagon with his mother telling us how to make a rice pudding and having her fringe cut. You couldn't make it up :-). They have a coterie of semi-literate fans who hang onto their every word.

Personally I would hate to be exposed all over the internet, name and face known along with details of what we spend in Lidl but loadsa money is very attractive. The fact of being so shallow doesn't matter when they are counting the dosh. Not yet thirty, they could probably retire.

A bit of me says, "Good luck to them", but it is hardly a worthwhile life and doesn't set a good example to their gorgeous children. They do not appear to have one book in their home apart from the children's, never enter into discussion involving exercising their brain cells. They are not the only ones.

I believe the bubble will burst for such people, there have been get-rich-quick phases in society before. All good things come to an end.

AllJoyAndNoFun · 15/05/2026 05:54

Crushed23 · 15/05/2026 02:29

I wonder what will happen to “normal” jobs when so many people are chasing exciting careers in social media and/or trying to generate passive income through investments.

I work in Finance and we’re getting nowhere near the number of applicants for junior roles that we did 10-15 years ago. I go to recruitment fairs at universities and I just don’t see the same kind of hunger for internships that my cohort had in the late 2000s/early 2010s.

Then there’s all the people permanently leaving Finance in their late 20s or 30s - it has become such a flex to quit the rat race, even if it makes you economically worse off. Having a ‘I can take it or leave it’ attitude to one’s 9-5 is rather in vogue right now.

I'm just not sure it's the case that grads are no longer interested in finance roles. Looking at it from the other end, it seems like the opposite - economics/ finance degrees are super popular and these students are applying for literally hundreds of internships and grad roles and often not even receiving a standard rejection. Also, the roles aren't there in the same numbers due to automation of the work that fresh grads would have done.

HelenaWaiting · 15/05/2026 05:57

I assume she has the right to decide for herself how she earns a living. I'm not sure why it's anyone else's business.

yumyumnibble · 15/05/2026 05:59

You are just the same as what you are criticising OP. You are merely the other side of the coin. (online moaning seems to be a national sport)

Or

You you are actually trying to make people aware of that Solomon sister.

OonaStubbs · 15/05/2026 05:59

Most influencers make a fraction of what Stacey Solomon makes and the average person with a 9-5 job makes a lot more than the average influencer makes. Especially long-term.

binliner · 15/05/2026 06:07

It’s much easier to be an influencer if you are a celebrity or celebrity adjacent & some make loads of money. I don’t really get it myself & don’t follow any. I also don’t think it’s “easy” money, there are privacy issues & a whole lot of insecurity.

Permenatlyworried · 15/05/2026 06:08

Being an influencer is not really a job that is helping our society function the way we need it too. We need doctors, nurses, nursery workers, carers, bin men, teachers, etc or we are fucked for the future if every teen only wants to make TikTok videos.

JustMyView13 · 15/05/2026 06:12

Most of what they do is marketing. Companies have always paid large sums of money to market their products, but the public changed the way they like to be sold to. These people are able to command a high fee because of the exposure they can provide to brands. Much the same as advertising space in Piccadilly Circus commands a higher price than advertising space on the side of a random corner shop.

People say being an influencer isn’t a job, but it is. It’s not a conventional 9-5, but these people are usually expected to create and edit all their own content. That takes time and skill. If everyone could do it, then everyone would. Very few actually make a living from ‘influencing’.

JustMyView13 · 15/05/2026 06:19

Permenatlyworried · 15/05/2026 06:08

Being an influencer is not really a job that is helping our society function the way we need it too. We need doctors, nurses, nursery workers, carers, bin men, teachers, etc or we are fucked for the future if every teen only wants to make TikTok videos.

This is such a ridiculous comment. There’s plenty of nurses and midwives graduating with no jobs to go into. Meanwhile influencers like Stacy Solomon paid north of £600k in taxes (reportedly). But do tell me more how influencers don’t help society.

waitresswalled · 15/05/2026 06:19

Blodyneighbour · 15/05/2026 02:17

If she is saying that her friends and sisters etc can get more money being influences online without taking the time to care for people, ???what don't you understand about that ?

Edited

She’s earning money and caring for her own family. Many people change jobs every single day to do exactly the same.

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