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by mech422 1519 days ago
sorry - I put this "have different (full time) employment contracts" in my comment to try and make that point clear..

Its full-time employment, salaried. Also, salaried generally means you get paid the same amount regardless of hours worked, which is another thing people seem to overlook.

Anyway, as others have already commented better then I - many big/well known companies do not have issue with moonlighting.
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akhmatova 1519 days ago
Also, salaried generally means you get paid the same amount regardless of hours worked, which is another thing people seem to overlook.

Except the spirit of that agreement to not worry about the variance of working, say, 35 hours one week, 45 the next. They still quite definitely expect you to work an average of about 40 hours -- and usually provide language in the employment/consulting stating exactly that. In fact, if your agreement mentions the phrase "full-time" it is universally understood to mean exactly that.

Many big/well known companies do not have issue with moonlighting.

Even when outside employment/consulting is allowed (1) the vast majority expect you to inform them of such arrangements and (2) they do not expect you to shorten your commitments of time + focus to the role they are providing you a ... full-time salary and benefits for.

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mech422 1518 days ago
yes - and you assume everyone is lying about it, instead of just telling their manager? and many do not shorten their time..and others work for companies that don't care as long as the work is done.

I stand by my point - there's no reason to assume everyone is 'cheating'...

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akhmatova 1518 days ago
That point is valid - obviously not everyone is lying. And if all of hour employers/clients are aware of what's going on, then obviously no harm is done.

But people are probably lying (to at least one of their employers), and there seems to be a blasé attitude about it going around: "If I get my work (or a half-ass version of it) done in 20 hours and nobody seems to notice -- why not just try and get away with whatever I can get away with?"

In so many words.

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