A successful OnlyFans creator has claimed she doesn’t have an easy job and works harder than most office workers.
Hayley Davies believes she “works too much” and struggles to sleep because of her demanding job creating explicit content online.
Davies, 26, was working three jobs, and doing crazy hours when she decided to make X-rated content online full-time.
But Davies said her career change hadn’t led to much rest because, in her opinion, to succeed in an oversaturated industry, you need to have an “insane worth ethic”.
It isn’t like an office job, where you can sit at your computer, act busy, and chuck in a few pointless meetings — she always needs to be creating content, according to Davies.
“This job isn’t just taking some nudes and putting them online,” she said.
“To succeed in this industry you have to have an insane work ethic. I work double the average person’s hours a week, and I’m only where I am now because I invest so much time in my job.”
Davies’ claims have been met with criticism online.
Someone wrote it was “easy money for lazy woman”.
Another asked, “Is it actually working?” and someone else claimed it was laughable for her to consider herself a “workaholic”.
But Davies said she wouldn’t be gaslit about her work ethic.
She has been working since she was 10. She started out babysitting, then did a paper run, worked in a cafe, dabbled in personal training and bar management, and even found time to study and eventually work in IT.
“From 16 years old I was very hard on myself,” she told news.com.au.
“As a 16-year-old, I always had a buffer in my account of $10,000 just in case my car needed work because then I couldn’t get to work, and I never wanted to be stuck.”
At one point, she was working a corporate job and was doing dancing and then personal training on the side just to get ahead.
She’s always hustled and worked hard, considers herself very “career driven”, and has never had any issues finding a job.
She wanted to make it clear that she didn’t end up creating OnlyFans content because of her “lack of intellect or ability to work or get a normal job”, and she also hasn’t found creating explicit content easy
Davies explained she approaches her work like any other job. She does spreadsheets, tracks sales, and focuses on marketing.
She said she works about 50 hours a week and “absolutely without a doubt” believes she works harder than corporate nine-to-fivers.
There’s nothing accidental about her being able to earn the average person’s salary within a week — it is because she’s always working.
“I’m making more than 10 times what I used to,” she said.
Davies said she’s focused on working so hard because she wants to be able to help her mum, and puts savings aside to give her a better life.
“I’m saving up to help my mum further. I’ve helped her pay off her mortgage, and I want to help her retire further,” she said.
Just because she’s worked hard, though, doesn’t mean she hasn’t made some mistakes along the way.
When she first started making big money, she started spending too much.
“I like to live well below my means — I got too ‘card happy’, but I caught myself out quickly,” she said.
She’s also had to learn not to “spend too much on the business”. Some investments are good, but others are a waste of money, and it is important to track what she’s spending and what she’s actually getting from it.
Eventually, she’d like to purchase a house, but because of the market, she’s investing in shares until she’s ready to take the leap.
“I’ve never been in debt at all. That’s a big thing. I’ve always told myself I’ll only ever get into good debt — a house, nothing else,” she said.
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