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To add an opposing anecdote, after 30 years in the biz I've never seen this. Not once.
by HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
To add an opposing anecdote, after 30 years in the biz I've never seen this. Not once.
- als0 5y agoIt is real
- Apocryphon 5y agoMaybe in only some states?
- filoleg 5y agoWhy would it vary by state, if it isn't a legal requirement in any of them. It is purely on the employer's end, and I cannot find a legal restriction against it in any state. So it would only vary by employer.
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- nsonha 5y agoLegal or not, if you tell your manager that you are also working for another company half the time (unless you work odd hours), will they be OK? If so then good. If not then it's a matter of transparency and trust. Also doesn't the contract has something about the number of hours? It may not be enforceable, but it's on paper.
- altdataseller 5y agoDo you tell your employer you are looking for a new job?
- nsonha 5y agoI do not tell my employer everything, that is a scenario to demonstrate that you doing a second job violates basic trust, or even the contract. That is different than you looking for a new job, which should always be at the back of any manager's mind.
- rosndo 5y agoWho cares about this “basic trust”? Except the employer, obviously. Not exactly a balanced power dynamic there.
- nsonha 5y agowhen you are hired they tell you exactly the basis on which you are hired, either to sit in an office/in front on slack at specific hours (FTE) or outcome-based (freelancing or FTE on flex terms). It's totally cool that we as professionals discuss our commitment and get a flexible working arrangement. It's not cool to say you will be available to respond to incidents and what not and then not do that.
- rosndo 5y agoMost people do not need to be available to respond to incidents.
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y agoDon't care. As long as I can do the job they pay me to do, that should be their only concern.
- nsonha 5y agogreat, then go on social media and bad mouth your employer and see if HR bats an eye, they should be only concerned about your output right.
- gdfgjhs 5y agoYes, they should be. It is not their concern what I do on social media. It is unfortunate that there is so much power imbalance that most employees are afraid to criticize their employers in public.
- baud147258 5y agoIn both of the contracts I had signed so far, there was an exclusivity clause saying that I would only work (as a software engineer) for the company I was signing with.