Experiences with OverEmployment - Whose job is it anyways?

[Koruu]

The over employment trend has been on the rise ever since 2020. People working multiple remote jobs simultaneously, and collecting two paychecks at once.

For those unfamiliar with the practice, you can read into it here'

https://overemployed.com/

I've been intrigued by the idea, mostly for the possibility of paying off my house in a few years rather than a few decades.

Has anyone on the farms worked multiple jobs in this way before? How long did you keep up with it? What were some of the challenges? Would you recommend it?

 

[Kheapathic]

I've been considering it, especially since paychecks for said positions seem to be rising. I'll admit I have a prettt scam job now, that I have to go in for every noe and then, and thus unable to commit to multiples. But if I a couple that ended with me having more money and just less scammy; I'd be willing to give it a shot.

 

[Dawdler]

Has anyone on the farms worked multiple jobs in this way before? How long did you keep up with it? What were some of the challenges? Would you recommend it?

Regular 7-15 with weekend 1 day job. It's not worth it. Lasted for a month before I got fed up. You have no time for yourself left, you just eat, shit, sleep, work repeat.
Easier to just ask for a raise, which I did and got it.....

 

[Karen of Human Resources]

It depends on where you live how successful this would be.

Your finance crew might be braindead or not care, but I know ours monitor tax codes. If you have a second revenue stream, in house fiance might not know what it is but they'll a) know you have one, and b) can hazard a guess within a few k how much you're getting.

If you're in an entry level job, and are on the same tax code as one of the senior managers they're going to know something is up and you're not at your screen at all times like a good boy.

You might get away with it for a single financial year, depending on how tax works where you are and individual contract agreements.

 

[mister fireworks]

since companies are brazenly posting fake job listings just to collect "data" i have mused about updating my resume and just taking interviews for jobs that I qualify for and also jobs where I could have fun seeing if i could just brazenly lie my way into an offer. i used to work in tech and have blocks of time with my new business where i dont have much to do but mindless stuff that wouldnt distract me from an interview call. My idea is that I could get an offer from whoever the fuck for however much doing a "remote job" and then just figure out a way to do nothing for a few weeks to a month before they figure it out and shit can me. If I could do this for 2 weeks I would think I could get at least $6k. it would be so funny if thousands of poeple did this.

 

[JohnnyG]

Your finance crew might be braindead or not care, but I know ours monitor tax codes. If you have a second revenue stream, in house fiance might not know what it is but they'll a) know you have one, and b) can hazard a guess within a few k how much you're getting.

If you're in an entry level job, and are on the same tax code as one of the senior managers they're going to know something is up and you're not at your screen at all times like a good boy.

That's wild that Bong employers get to see your tax designation from other income sources. In the US I believe most Overemployed just have standard withholding for each job, and plan to owe a bit more depending on how much income is in a higher bracket, or set their withholding higher which is done for all kinds of reasons and won't raise an eyebrow.

Looks like Bongistaners doing the Overemployed thing just say they have an LTD/LLC or husband/wife has a biz with them on payroll.

 

[Koruu]

It depends on where you live how successful this would be.

Your finance crew might be braindead or not care, but I know ours monitor tax codes. If you have a second revenue stream, in house fiance might not know what it is but they'll a) know you have one, and b) can hazard a guess within a few k how much you're getting.

If you're in an entry level job, and are on the same tax code as one of the senior managers they're going to know something is up and you're not at your screen at all times like a good boy.

You might get away with it for a single financial year, depending on how tax works where you are and individual contract agreements.

>Karen of Human Resources

Don't trust anything xis "man" has to say.

Regular 7-15 with weekend 1 day job. It's not worth it. Lasted for a month before I got fed up. You have no time for yourself left, you just eat, shit, sleep, work repeat.
Easier to just ask for a raise, which I did and got it.....

This is holding multiple jobs at differing hours. Over Employment refers to holding multiple jobs in the same hours, or overlapping hours.

I agree, multiple jobs in differing hours sucks. Your QOL goes down the toilet, and your health suffers. OE is a different beast. Potentially more work, but depending on the kind of job you have, might allow for enough downtime to work a regular schedule across two jobs.

 

[Koruu]

I've been considering it, especially since paychecks for said positions seem to be rising. I'll admit I have a prettt scam job now, that I have to go in for every noe and then, and thus unable to commit to multiples. But if I a couple that ended with me having more money and just less scammy; I'd be willing to give it a shot.

I'm currently working a hybrid position, but still open to the possibility. Would have to work to organize like crazy and avoid meeting overlap while still dedicating enough time to both roles.

(dub post soz)

 

[Shroom King]

(dub post soz)

I don't know if that means you would be good at two-timing your employers or bad at it.

 

[crustysimulacrum]

I hate remote jobs as I already spend enough time staring at a screen.

I would love to have a full time job in an office and then go to an evening part time teaching gig at a college or museum.

 

[Margo Martindale]

Id like to try, but all my applications go into a black hole. Guess i didnt graduate from a prestigious enough university or something

 

[Rootless Cosmopolitan]

I’m convinced at least half the people at my previous job were doing this. It was a useless fkn joke of a job so I guess why not have two or three of them. Call me a bootlicker, but I wanted to work somewhere where I cared about what I was doing and had interactions with co workers who weren’t nihilistic grifters constantly trying to shift work off of themselves (because that’s the real way that this pencils out — you shirk as much work as possible at all your jobs)

 

[PeachDream]

I've got a goofy ahh office space job where my duties are 'managing' people who've done their work 2x longer than I have and launching investigations into the 'impact to product' of someone signing a form with indigo ink instead of blue ink. I also don't get assigned a ton of work cause I got like 4 supervisors and they all sorta just assume I'm working for the others if I'm not with them.

I really should have tried out the overemployment thing a few years ago, but only this year did I get a part time job doing webdev for a guy I met over the Internet which eventually fell through cause the dude kept changing his mind about what he wanted and it just wasn't worth it.

 

[CreamyHerman’s]

I did overemployment for about 2 years, and had some thoughts about it:

1. I did it because I asked for a raise and I didn't get it. So the next thing I did was applied for remote tech support and a week later I got the position, then proceeded to drop my 2 week notice at the job.. only for them to offer me that raise, plus a bit more off the top. I thought about it, took their offer. As I drove back to my duplex, I started to think, "what if I work 2 jobs at once from home?" Which I did until I was let go this year.

2. Another user pointed out something correct, in which I agree with: You have no time whatsoever for yourself, and it's probably best to do this for a couple of years max. You will burn yourself out and it's not fun.

3. Pay is going to be good, but I would advise to pay off everything you owe money on from the get-go, as you don't know if you are going to be laid off at either job. It sucks going from being paid 100k a year back down to 50k.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

This sounds like a great way to burn yourself out in a matter of months. I'm fine with making less money and having free time.

 

[GayestFurryTrash]

At one point a few years ago I had two jobs and was doing Lyft and doordash as well, I lasted about 18 months and am now down to one job but will probably be doing it again soon especially if the economy stays this shit.

 

[Rich Evans Simp]

I used to know a longtime employee at a big federal agency. She was probably making $110k (this would have been 10-15 years ago). She was also a real estate agent who kind of came and went as she pleased from federal job. I know a lot of realtors don’t make a ton of money, but she was earning a full time salary from that alone. She retired in her 50’s. Smart woman.

Of course most professional-type federal jobs are in the DC area, but if you’re willing to live there or luck into a job at a regional office, you can easily pull low six figures and get away with a lot.

 

[Juan Números]

Looks like kind of a meme to me reserved to bullshit jobs. By definition, you shouldn't be able to do 2 full-time jobs at the same time.

However, you can do a part-time activity to complement your full time job. For instance, I've had several on-and-off activities over the years (either general tech consulting or electronics development) which provided a much welcome comfort when I had to buy my apartment.

There is some things you can ask yourself if it's for you:
- Does it compete with your full-time job ? Where I live, if yes, your employer has legal grounds to fuck you into dirt.
- Do you have the time to commit to your side activity's demands ? It may sound like a retarded question, but once you start, you gotta deliver.
- How can you find clients ?

 

[JohnnyG]

1. I did it because I asked for a raise and I didn't get it. So the next thing I did was applied for remote tech support and a week later I got the position, then proceeded to drop my 2 week notice at the job.. only for them to offer me that raise, plus a bit more off the top.

I know you can't expect rationality from big bureaucracies with reetarded policies written by HR DEI, and competing individual interests, but it still blew my mind every time I saw companies do things like deny minor raises/promotions to productive employees, only to have them jump ship, or transfer elsewhere, and have to offer even more to an outside hire with less knowledge.

3. Pay is going to be good, but I would advise to pay off everything you owe money on from the get-go, as you don't know if you are going to be laid off at either job. It sucks going from being paid 100k a year back down to 50k.

Seems like common sense, but important advice in a society whose default condition is lifestyle creep. The second job should be considered a bonus that could disappear at any time, with the money going toward "buying your freedom" (paying off credit cards, student loans, car & house note, maxing out retirement, then maybe some one-off splurges) rather than ongoing lifestyle expenses.

 

[Fascist Kirk]

if people stopped Worshipping there god Visa, Mastercard, or debt period, they would find they don't need to work so much. if you owe on it its not yours, If you can't live in your means why you asking the question, take a hand out like the nigger cattle you are.

if you are under a mountain of debt, walk away from it and rethink your life