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I have an acquaintance who goes to work at a pretty boring 9-5 IT job for a local insurance company. Sits down at his desk for a bit in the morning, then gets

I have an acquaintance who goes to work at a pretty boring 9-5 IT job for a local insurance company. Sits down at his desk for a bit in the morning, then gets a cup of coffee, puts it on his desk, hangs his coat on the back of his chair, and leaves. Heads over to his real day job as a salesman for a local Mercedes dealer. Towards the end of the workday he heads back to the office, cleans up his work area, and goes home. Every day, like clockwork. Sometimes I wonder how often stuff like that happens and we don't hear about it. It isn't lost on me that I can (and sometimes do) accomplish a completely satisfactory amount of work for my job in a couple hours each morning. Now that we're remote, if I were so inclined I bet I could hold down a second job and not go over 40 hours of total work time.

Rendello 6y ago
Although the body of the story was quite different, the headline reminded me of this, "Forgotten Employee" (also mentioned in yesterday's thread): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17332440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17332440
SaltyBackendGuy 6y ago
> Now that we're remote, if I were so inclined I bet I could hold down a second job and not go over 40 hours of total work time. We had a guy do exactly that recently. He was working another full time job for several months before being terminated. Funny thing is, he got caught because he updated his LinkedIn.
y-c-o-m-b 6y ago
> Now that we're remote, if I were so inclined I bet I could hold down a second job and not go over 40 hours of total work time. It can totally be done... BUT I would not recommend it because the stress load can be extremely high. For one, you're constantly in fear of getting caught (even though many places have a friendly moonlighting clause now). You may have to juggle two meetings at the same time - which can also be done - though there's always that chance you'll be asked to participate actively in both. The money is nice, but the stress sucks

Rendello 6y ago

Although the body of the story was quite different, the headline reminded me of this, "Forgotten Employee" (also mentioned in yesterday's thread): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17332440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17332440

SaltyBackendGuy 6y ago

> Now that we're remote, if I were so inclined I bet I could hold down a second job and not go over 40 hours of total work time. We had a guy do exactly that recently. He was working another full time job for several months before being terminated. Funny thing is, he got caught because he updated his LinkedIn.

y-c-o-m-b 6y ago

> Now that we're remote, if I were so inclined I bet I could hold down a second job and not go over 40 hours of total work time. It can totally be done... BUT I would not recommend it because the stress load can be extremely high. For one, you're constantly in fear of getting caught (even though many places have a friendly moonlighting clause now). You may have to juggle two meetings at the same time - which can also be done - though there's always that chance you'll be asked to participate actively in both. The money is nice, but the stress sucks