- Many employees secretly occupy several distant jobs due to low surveillance
- Consulting on social networks help workers to juggle meetings through the two roles
- Uncommon multitasking causes legal exhaustion legal problems and lost productivity on the scale of the company
Remote work has opened the door to a growing trend of employees secretly occupying several full -time jobs, a practice known as polygamous working or “on employment”.
Although having several jobs is not illegal, doing it without disclosure often only thwarts contracts, tries productivity and can pose legal and ethical problems.
HR magazine Note: “The moonlight in this way can have serious consequences. It is not only a question of reducing productivity; There is a real risk of professional exhaustion, improper use of business resources, data security violations and a global erosion of confidence in the workplace.
Tips from Reddit and Tiktok
The rise of flexible and hybrid work models means that many roles can now be made without ever entering an office.
“The practice has exploded since the cocovated pandemic sparked an increase in work of the house, creating an opportunity for wise employees to play several roles at a distance – sometimes up to three or four at a time,” reports The telegraph.
A woman, under the name of “Nadia”, told the newspaper that she had won £ 87,000 working simultaneously two jobs at her home office.
On Reddit and Tiktok, thousands of advice share advice on the management of several roles, some workers boosting the use of mouse jigglers and double laptops to juggle with overlapping meetings.
A British influencer said: “It worked for me, it was great. I was able to do really beautiful things and take care of myself, go to beautiful places, save the property.”
But experts warn against risks. “These problems can quickly degenerate into legal and reputation disasters”, ” HR magazine Noted, suggesting a “continuous or periodic rescue” of employees can help manage risks and protect workers and employers.
In some cases, accusations of fraud have been brought – Paper i Asked that a man was sentenced to one year in prison after being paid for two full -time contracts over 10 months.
Peter Boolkah, a business coach, said The telegraph Dangers of polygamous work.
“This could mean that small business owners find their employees who work more due to professional exhaustion,” he said.
“Those who remain to work two jobs will be extra. Inevitably, this will lead to a drop in productivity for companies, and those who are sick will meet where they started, with less money than before.”
Whether it is a symptom of economic need or opportunism, polygamous work raises urgent questions about the confidence, governance and sustainability of remote work culture.
