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Who would have thought that the matter of working from home could actually stage a magical drama.
There is such a migrant worker abroad
full time job.
Then I got an annual salary of 1.2 million US dollars (about 8.04 million yuan) in minutes!
Meta is still planning to shrink its recruitment by 30%, and Tesla is preparing to lay off employees globally…
The workers here are “one foot high and one foot high”, so it instantly sparked heated discussions on the Internet.
The party also stated in the published article:
Since I got my second job, I was completely fearless and never feared being fired.
Even dare to say no to a boring meeting: “This meeting is a waste of my time.”
What’s even more annoying is that such remote office “magic” is still organized into a large scale…
On the one-acre-three-point forum, someone broke the news about the workplace anecdote of stepping on the two boats of TikTok and Google.
△ Source: One Mu and Three Points Forum
On a website called Overemployed, similar experiences are not the only one.
The homepage is even more brightly hung:
Working two jobs remotely, towards financial freedom.
What is overemployed?
Overemployed is a community that helps migrant workers “sneak” to hold multiple jobs.
Migrant workers can earn extra income and even achieve financial freedom by working multiple jobs at the same time.
In addition to sharing success stories, this website also has tips on how to avoid being caught by your boss and tips on how to properly manage your earned money.
In addition, there are specialized training courses, and career, education and legal resources.
Last spring, two tech workers co-founded the gig worker base to combat low wages and widespread layoffs.
This wave of operations can be described as the “self-awakening” of migrant workers.
According to the official website of Overemployed, this way of working can also help people improve their mentality-
Because after having a second job, migrant workers no longer have to worry about not being able to get promoted or getting fired.
However, objective support for working two jobs at the same time is basically limited to industries that can work remotely, such as the technology industry.
As for how to work as OE (Overemployed), the tips given by “high-level migrant workers” include: habitually rejecting invitations to meetings, using paid vacation time to complete another work project, and installing external microphones to open two at the same time. Silence whenever you want…
A tech practitioner who holds two jobs at the same time said he earned more than $25,000 a month in average bonuses in January, giving him an additional 20% on top of his base salary.
Also, he usually works no more than six to seven hours a day!
And a ruthless person engaged in IT directly started 5 jobs at the same time, and four of them were positions in Fortune 500 companies.
At present, the brother has paid off all his debts, bought a second house, and has enough money to renovate.
However, does it take 24 hours to work 5 jobs at the same time?
– No!
The younger brother said that at present, he still plays video games for 4-5 hours a day.
According to his estimates, if he can stick to it this year, he will earn about 1.2 million US dollars (about 8.04 million yuan) in 2022.
And this fire is not only burning well in this base camp——
They also have their community on Reddit, which has more than 60,000 members since its inception last May.
There are many people active in the community every day, some people share their experiences, and some people ask for help.
For example, not long ago, a female practitioner from the technology industry reminded everyone that jobs with low wages do not necessarily mean less work, and avoid companies that require working hours per week.
She wrote that she worked 3 jobs at the same time (software engineer, devops engineer, and website reliability engineer).
Unexpectedly, the third job accounted for about 60% of her time, but the salary was the least.
From this, she gave some guidelines for avoiding pits:
Low-paying jobs don’t necessarily mean less work;
·Try to go to large companies with more than 50,000 employees. Generally speaking, the smaller the company, the more work. Because the boss wants a top three;
·Try not to interview for positions that need urgent recruitment, because the last person may be unable to finish because of too much work;
…
Sounds like a very experienced practitioner.
In addition, someone shared the OE experience of one job being in the office and the other being telecommuting:
First, run a virtual system on your work computer for a second job, so you don’t have to have two computers on your desk (after all, this is usually weird and easy to spot);
In addition, configure WIFI in the car, and go to the car to drive if the remote work is going to have a meeting.
Why does this happen?
For the emergence of overemployed, Rich&Regular has published an article to analyze it.
The article summed up the reasons straight to the point:
People are disappointed with the workplace culture of companies, the limits on their earning potential, and the idea that work takes up most of their lives.
In addition to this, the global outbreak of the new coronavirus is also an important driving force.
Against this background, people are more and more able to accept the way of working from home and telecommuting. Because of this, migrant workers have the opportunity to work part-time and more.
Not only that, but at the end of the article, a prediction was made:
Overemployed, may become the norm in five years.
Of course, many netizens also said that this overemployed model still needs to be completed while maintaining a balance between health and leisure time.
And some netizens are worried about whether this model will violate labor laws.
On the whole, there is actually a “sense of control” behind overemployed.
People will feel uneasy when they only have one job, and will worry about whether they will fail to get a promotion and a raise, but this model can give them a little bit of “control” back.
As founder Isaac P. put it:
You treat me as a number, and I treat you as a number.
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