is anyone currently or has been overemployed while working at AT&T? Also, how does it work while being in RTO? I’ve seriously considered it helping to get some serious change into the bank and paying down the house and getting completely debt free. I was looking at some posts in Reddits Overemployed page, and I figured that if I’m going to start looking for a new job that if I could get one completely remote and work both, why not.
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20 years ago I was told I needed to slow down (developer). I was already working from home and that is when I started picking up other jobs. I worked as the lead dev for other large companies at the same time. I always took the approach the 2nd company always knew they were second, and I would bill them hourly and be on a 1099. T never knew and my work balance was so much better as I worked on more modern projects which kept my skills more cutting edge, which benefited me at T because I already knew how to do the next new shiny thing.
T allows second jobs. They even have rules around it. The biggest issue is avoiding conflicts of interest.
Overemployment at T is much more pervasive than employees realize.
Ideas like this give companies good reasons to implement rto.
"Overemployed"? Yeah, that’s a fancy term for “trying to juggle two jobs at once, just because your side hustle sounds cool.” But unless you're financially scraping the bottom of the barrel (which, hey, we’ve all been there), it’s a bit silly. Instead of splitting your brain—and your time—between two gigs, how about you just focus on keeping your day job while you prepare an application for a better, higher-paying job? You know, one that actually makes use of your skills without leaving you frazzled.
If your resume is looking a bit weak, though, don’t panic. Use your current job to stack up the experience and skills you’ll need to land that dream role. Basically, treat your current gig like a trampoline: bounce on it until you land something way better. No need to become an overworked superhero in the process.
Well I job searched for 6 months while doing minimal work when they were je-king me around before finally laying me off since I refused to move. Took forever to find my next gig so I was glad I had that time. I landed a new job a couple of weeks after my last day.
How about being honest? Trash.
“This is 100% ok”
Whutchoo tawkin about Willis!
This is 100% ok. The rationale is that you are a salaried employee. T cannot legally track your time like an hourly employee. They do so at their own peril. What you do within your waking hours is your business as long as your job and AT&T’s business is taken care of.
In the case of Smythe &Wyne Inc. vs. James H. Ettleson, Mr. Ettleson prevailed claiming that he met all his employers job expectations and deadlines while working another full time job in parallel. The judge ruled that if S&W Inc. wanted to rule over specific hours of the day for Mr. Ettlesons job, he should have been deemed an hourly employee with with hours tracked with a punch card or useful tools. AT&T has no legal ground to dictate specific hours or tracking time. This is why they only disclose that they are collecting data for building usage and occupancy.
Overweight maybe.
Most people get caught through Coordination of Benefits reporting. One company will find out, and it usually doesn't end well.
Anyone I know who's done it was eventually found out and either given an ultimatum (pick one) or gotten fired from one or both. There's a reason people try to keep it quiet...
If it is not even remotely similar to your job at T (pun intended), you might be able to do it. You'll probably have to sign a non-compete and you absolutely cannot do ANYTHING related to your other job using T equipment (and vice versa). Some guy in my office is a youth sports coach or something, and they made him sign non-competes (weird), and he has to get approval if he needs to leave early for practice or a game.
As long as you aren’t competing against your employer and not doing it during assigned work hours then go for it. No law against getting ahead and having more than one job. Blame high inflation over the last four years for folks needing more income to sustain themselves, policies matter.
Yes, currently overemployed, have been for going on two years. Whatever you do, don't ever let anyone at T know. Anyone that learns of your overemployment status will "rat you out". Keep a low profile, I have noticed that it's gotten a little easier since RTO, it just seems like the production expectations have decreased. I have an approved exception for full time telecommuting, I don't see that changing.
Good luck, you sound like such a great catch.