Working for two companies at the same time

[vetran]

Take heed to other posters.

Rather than go for a job in your employers time why not develop an interest or skill into something that pays.

Obviously you have to be careful if employed your employer owns your ideas associated with your employment but unrelated skills can turn a profit that they can't 'normally' touch so long as they don't pay towards it. So work evenings and weekend on your plan 'B'.

So if you work in IT create an application that is totally unrelated to your employment e.g. write an ipad app to control dieting or make needlepoint easy and enjoyable.

If you have hobbies say fishing start a fishing tackle shop online.

Maybe become a purveyor of fine furnishings.

Take some training and write articles for online sources to raise your profile in the industry so you can enhance your pay prospects.

If you have so much free time use it to play politics you will go further in permiedom doing that than you will by being any good.

Don't go for two jobs its likely you will end up with none. Sounds like you have a cushy number so enjoy it. Most permies including me currently spend most of their free time keeping their jobs.

[TykeMerc]

So it's scenario 1. You plan to take another job, get paid for the 1st one, do it in the half the time and then do another job for someone else.

It's absolutely your choice, but frankly if you did that on my time, not only would I fire your ass instantly & I would give you a terrible reference. If this was a contract I'd sue you for breach.

If you're gonna do it. Keep it super super quiet. And that includes not being dumb enough to put it on your linked in or CV.

Same here. It's a different matter working evenings and weekends on a separate job, but charging client 1 while working on client 2's behalf would be taking the p1$$.

I was asked to do a spot of industrial business analysis for a local firm, I had some spare time in my current contract, told the Programme Manager that I was taking a day off as things were quiet and did the work.

[stphnstevey]

Thanks and I have considered another interest that would fill this time and could give a return, such as property development, but it makes more sense and less risk to do something that I know I am good at.

I can't really do my profession on wkds or as a hobby as it requires a client and their product portfolio.

[vetran]

Your employment contract will almost certainly forbid secondary employment without the employers permission.

Again consider alternatives and diversify. If you can do it from home they can do it in India!

[stphnstevey]

My employment contract is whatever I make it as I own the company I work for.

My companies contract with the client may forbid me from working for another client at the same time, I need to check, but I don't think it does.

[TheFaQQer]

My employment contract is whatever I make it as I own the company I work for.

My companies contract with the client may forbid me from working for another client at the same time, I need to check, but I don't think it does.

If it does, then you are a pseudo-permie, and should be paying IR35 - they have too much control over you.

If you have a current client and want to take on another client, then there is nothing to stop you. Since you own the company, then it is up to you to state who your clients are in terms of getting a reference or not. Regardless of whether the current client checked them out, if you don't want to disclose them, then don't - what would a new client do if you had signed an NDA with the current one?

[EternalOptimist]

morals and contractual obligations aside. Give a friends details as a reference and ask him to cover for you

If you do go down this path, you will have to expect sleepless nights and endless anxiety attacks about where to spend all that extra lovely money