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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This one is is pretty recent - a result of the online only remote work and shortage of professionals, especially in IT at my company!

My company hires a lot of contractors - most as consultants through a hiring firm but lately a lot more direct as “contract to hire”. We are organized by function, and people from different functions are put on a project team. So my team has one from each function - developers, engineers, systems analysts, UX, business analyst, etc.

There was a developer  hired and put on my project  team last year whose status icon was always “away from desk”; he rarely  showed up to video meetings calls, or was late, never got his tasks done. Had to be micromanaged - as in set up daily checkins to check his progress . He was very personable and told us about his hobbies but talked in circles - using industry terms, not answering the question,  or saying nothing short of BS! He was full of excuses- waiting on someone’s work, analyzing issues, internet or AC problems, sick dog, etc. teammates  were covering for him or just being nice or not wanting to “throw him under the bus.” But in a few one-on-ones a few frustrated people hinted to the issues.

After  4 months, he was just gone. We got a one-day notice!

I learned later, that HR found out he had 2 jobs. Full time six-figure paying jobs at 2 different companies that  he was juggling Mon - Fri.

There was a long investigation, paper trail, time stamps, tracking on his company laptop, etc.

We were so low on staff that I’m not sure it would’ve been an issue, but he wasn’t performing this one job well. With the overhead the job really can be done in 4 hours per day - our developers only bill 6 productive hours, and their work is self-managed. I’m a business analyst and I get by with 3-4 hours of real work on a  busy day, and the rest I’m chilling :) didn’t think to get another job!
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A friend of mine did this. Both jobs were remote, so he was doing 2 jobs at once in IT security. The thing is, he actually delivered on both. I think he worked 10-12 hours/day to produce enough at each 8 hour job to keep them happy. He needed the money and he did good work.[/quote]

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