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Why ‘poly-employment’ may be 2024’s next big work trend, working more than one job is getting a re-brand (www.fastcompany.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There used to be a subreddit for this. r/overemployed I believe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I never read the sub but I've seen the website that is run by (I believe) the same guy. It's an interesting concept. Needless to say, corporations aren't thrilled by the idea. They'd rather automate all of our jobs and keep the excess. All the more reason to consider having multiple jobs I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. I have two acquaintances who have contract based jobs in the EU and full time in Canada. Remote of course.

I'll probably do the same soon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That seems like it would be tough working in vastly different timezones. I guess you don't have to worry about meetings overlapping nearly as much but you're basically signing up for 12 hour days everyday. I don't think that's worth the effort. EST and PST is about as far apart in time as I'd be willing to go.

My issue is that the field I'm in is specialized enough and I'm visible enough that it would be tough to not get recognized at another company. I'd almost have to work for a direct competitor to my current employer and they all have a lot of employees that used to work at my current company. Getting caught and losing both jobs plus the ability to work at two companies in a fairly niche industry would be pretty shitty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh no. As a contractor they have very set tasks with rarely any meetings to attend. The full time job is what allows them to do the contract job during roughly the same time. The contract employer is aware of their TZ difference.