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If you work remotely, a good cure for boredom is working 2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations. Spinning plates, keeping a mediocre output for keeping the job, is a great wealth and boredom fix.
If you work remotely, a good cure for boredom is working 2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations. Spinning plates, keeping a mediocre output for keeping the job, is a great wealth and boredom fix.
I wish employers would better encourage and reward those who put enormous effort into their job. Far too often you just get dragged along with a promise of a promotion down the road. Then its a 5% increase. Meanwhile the sub-par performers collecting the average salary are getting better compensated for their time. This is one reason why entrepreneurship can be appealing. Not only is there potential reward for hard w…
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> if you get caught later, they can sue you for it if they find out Is it illegal to have 2 jobs in your country?
Germany: It is part of my contract that my employer knows about my other jobs and they don't interfere with my actual job. E.g. having a side business that you maintain outside your working ours is fine. You also can't have two full-time jobs without you violating labor laws or defrauding your employer. Since if you aren't defrauding one employer you would have to work 16 hours a day, which you can not do for 5 days…
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> if you get caught later, they can sue you for it if they find out Is it illegal to have 2 jobs in your country?
Netherlands: - may not work more than 60 hours in a single week, and not more than 48 hrs/week on average - may not work more than 12 hours in a single shift - must rest for at least 11 consecutive hours every day, and at least 36 consecutive hours every week - stricter rules than this for pregnant women and minors https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/werktijden/vraag-en...
I would think it was the same in NL.
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> 1. Jobs with minimal responsibilities pay minimal salary This is so wrong, I cannot even take seriously the rest of the points.
Yeah, one of the most shocking things I learned as an adult is that work is inversely proportional to salary. It's obvious in hindsight but it's hard to deprogram the lies you were told constantly growing up. Jobs with shit pay are offered by employers who are price sensitive and who are trying to squeeze every little bit of effort out of each dollar. Take that not even $15/hr line cook and compare it to your softwar…
In theory.
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Capitalism is free markets, private property, voluntary exchange of labor, capital accumulation, etc. What you're complaining about is greed. Greed has existed throughout human history (and probably before). Greed is found wherever there are people (and probably animals), including in non-capitalist arrangements.
I wasn't complaining about greed, not in this comment anyway. I was merely describing the nature of free markets with supply & demand as its driving principle. Those are the rules, but employers despise getting beaten at their own game.
In the long run growing the market comes down to capital (as in factories, roads, and stuff), technology, skills, culture, and people.
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I have several things to say about this: 1. Jobs with minimal responsibilities pay minimal salary 2. Influencers that promoted overemployment during Covid are now unemployed and trying to survive by selling informational products 3. If a scammer offers you a deal to scam someone, in reality the most likely victim of the scam is you
> 1. Jobs with minimal responsibilities pay minimal salary This is so wrong, I cannot even take seriously the rest of the points.
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Netherlands: - may not work more than 60 hours in a single week, and not more than 48 hrs/week on average - may not work more than 12 hours in a single shift - must rest for at least 11 consecutive hours every day, and at least 36 consecutive hours every week - stricter rules than this for pregnant women and minors https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/werktijden/vraag-en...
Iceland has similar regulations but they are only limits on the employer. Nothing illegal about working multiple jobs at the same time. I would think it was the same in NL.
> Under the Arbeidstijdenwet (Law on Working Hours), you must inform all your employers about your working hours. Your employer is liable for contraventions of the Arbeidstijdenwet. If you contravene, your employer may be fined. Even if he is not aware of your second job. [1]
Curiously though, it appears there are a number of cases in which the law doesn’t apply: for employees who earn 3x minimum wage or more, professional sporters, researchers, theatrical professionals, medical professionals, military personnel, summer camp guides, and volunteers. [2]
Disclaimer: not a lawyer.
[1] translated from https://www.arag.nl/werk-en-inkomen/arbeidscontract/twee-ban...
[2] https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/werktijden/vraag-en...