What you want is literally just contract employment (not the same thing as being a "contractor"). It's common in the world of teaching (though these days it's g

What you want is literally just contract employment (not the same thing as being a "contractor"). It's common in the world of teaching (though these days it's generally just for the school year. In the past 3 year contracts were more normal). It's not very common in the world of business and instead employment is generally at-will (which is another reason why non-competes are BS. At-Will employment lets the company fire you whenever they want, but the non-compete makes it difficult for you to leave whenever you want).