[jokethrowaway]

That's what contractors have been doing since forever.

The output requested at a job can often be "not that much".

Where you lose me is on employment contracts making this illegal, that's quite a risky proposition.

Why not just get jobs as a contractor and be upfront?

[danw1979]

Almost all permanent employment contracts for professional positions in the UK have a “mutuality of obligation” clause which forbids the employee from working for another company at the same time.

Contractors usually don’t have this, which is why it’s perfectly legal for them to run two or three concurrent gigs, but when I’ve engaged a a “full time” contractor who is doing this, their performance - the amount they get done vs what is expected given their day rate - is terrible.