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Here's the rub (at least in the US, Canada, Singapore, and the UK) ... if you're working "full-time" for $COMPANY (ie 40h per week (give or take), then you've c

Here's the rub (at least in the US, Canada, Singapore, and the UK) ... if you're working "full-time" for $COMPANY (ie 40h per week (give or take), then you've contractually agreed that from 0900-1700, you're "theirs" If you work $ELSEWHERE during the same hours, you're double-dipping, and you will be found out - either by replying to an email from the wrong address / with the wrong signature, being in a meeting for #COMPANY when you're supposed to be in a call with $ELSEWHERE Now, if you can start one job early-ish (say at 0700-1500), and don't mind working the other one late-ish (say 1530-2330) - and they're not "competing" companies, go for it You're not going to come out ahead on taxes in any country I'm aware of (regardless of what $COMPANY & $ELSEWHERE reports as your salary, the tax officials will be able to add them together at filing time) - $50k + $50k still plops you at $100k of pay (and, therefore, into whatever tax brackets that entails in your locale) You may (or may not - you have to figure this out for yourself) be better off leaving Europe if jobs like the one you're looking for are too difficult to find

miguendes 5y ago
This is a good illustration but I'm not sure if follow your rationale. You said that from 0900-1700 you belong to $COMPANY, contractually. But if you start working earlier or later, say 1500-2300, that would be fine? As long as you work 8h a day, I assume. In this case you would belong to $COMPANY from 1500-2300 even though in the contract it says 0900-1700. What happens in this case?
- warrenm 5y ago
  I'm making the point that unless you can get your schedules to not overlap, you're going to have problems It's no different than working at a FedEx warehouse from 0000-0500 and then going to drive a school bus from 0600-0900 The hours don't overlap, and the jobs aren't competing It's at least unethical to be billing time to $COMPANY and $ELSEWHERE for the same clock hours (possibly unlawful in some (many?) jurisdictions)
tmaly 5y ago
I think this idea that a knowledge job has to be tied so tightly as a manufacturing job is where inputs are connected to outputs, has to change.
- warrenm 5y ago
  Probably so - but until it does ... there are going to be "core hours" when you're "required" to be available/onsite/etc

miguendes 5y ago

This is a good illustration but I'm not sure if follow your rationale. You said that from 0900-1700 you belong to $COMPANY, contractually. But if you start working earlier or later, say 1500-2300, that would be fine? As long as you work 8h a day, I assume. In this case you would belong to $COMPANY from 1500-2300 even though in the contract it says 0900-1700. What happens in this case?

warrenm 5y ago
I'm making the point that unless you can get your schedules to not overlap, you're going to have problems It's no different than working at a FedEx warehouse from 0000-0500 and then going to drive a school bus from 0600-0900 The hours don't overlap, and the jobs aren't competing It's at least unethical to be billing time to $COMPANY and $ELSEWHERE for the same clock hours (possibly unlawful in some (many?) jurisdictions)

tmaly 5y ago

I think this idea that a knowledge job has to be tied so tightly as a manufacturing job is where inputs are connected to outputs, has to change.

warrenm 5y ago
Probably so - but until it does ... there are going to be "core hours" when you're "required" to be available/onsite/etc