Manager catches employee working 2 full-time remote jobs at the same time: 'Apparently he took 2 weeks PTO when starting out, and then went right back to work the other job'

Can you work two full-time jobs at the same time?

If the companies don't know about it… then no. Your job probably wants your full attention, and you should give it to them. They're paying you a full salary, so they get to monopolize your working hours. If you can stack two part-time jobs together, then that's a different thing, but two jobs at the same time just won't fly. Especially if your manager finds out about it. But the allure of being paid two salaries at once is pretty hard to ignore. If you can pull it off, then you might be tempted to do it. But the thing is, you probably can't pull it off. You're going to get found out, and it will be a pickle for everyone.

That didn't stop the employee in this story, who tried to pass something off that wasn't going to work. When his manager found out, he wasn't sure how to respond. It's the job of a manager to make sure all of their employee's work is up to snuff. Maybe they're checking in to see if their productivity has dipped, or maybe they're wondering if they can do anything to support them. It reflects on the manager when someone is slipping, so it's understandably on the top of their minds to check in when things look off. But sometimes it requires you to do some awkward explaining. Nobody wants to have to do it, but they're doing it nonetheless.

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Being a manager requires having some difficult conversations. The one in this story found himself on the brink of one when he suspected his employee of doing some double-timing. In another life, they didn't want to snitch and ruin everything. In a very present other reality, though, they wanted to do right by their company and get the appropriate amount of work out of them. Keep scrolling to get the full picture of the story and see what you think about it. Keep scrolling after that to see what commenters had to say about the whole affair.
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