The COVID-19 pandemic forced countless businesses to transition their employees to remote work, and through this process, many learned that remote work can offer multiple advantages, including increased employee productivity and morale and decreased expense associated with commercial office space and employee parking. Even those companies continuing to prefer an in-person presence have permitted at least some remote work on a hybrid basis, if only to remain competitive in a tight labor market. Lurking in the background is the unavoidable suspicion that at least some remote workers are taking advantage of the situation, and, indeed, some are—and in a surprising way. An increasing number of remote employees are working multiple jobs at the same time, so much so that the phenomenon is now referred to as “overemployed.”
Along with the phenomenon, overemployed workers have created websites and used social media around this topic. One website offers tips and guidance to workers seeking to join this relatively new movement of working multiple jobs simultaneously. Some of these platforms share tips to avoid being caught, including recommendations to use certain technologies to avoid being found out (such as a mechanical mouse jiggler intended to keep your online status as “active,” regardless of whether you are).
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