Editor’s note: In February 2025, Business Insider wrote about a medical professional named “Daniel” who was secretly juggling two full-time remote jobs and was on track to earn around $280,000. (Daniel is a pseudonym, but Business Insider has verified his identity and employment.) read that history here. In a recent interview, Daniel shared how his
Editor’s note: In February 2025, Business Insider wrote about a medical professional named “Daniel” who was secretly juggling two full-time remote jobs and was on track to earn around $280,000. (Daniel is a pseudonym, but Business Insider has verified his identity and employment.) read that history here. In a recent interview, Daniel shared how his overemployment situation has evolved.
When Business Insider spoke with Daniel last year, secretly juggling two full-time remote healthcare jobs was relatively easy.
Since then, an employer requires him to go to the office a couple of days a month. The other is now tracking how he spends his time. To make matters worse, Daniel is working harder than ever: he went from about 40 to 50 hours a week at both jobs to as many as 60.
However, Daniel still secretly juggles both jobs. In fact, he’s on track to earn approximately $330,000 this year, more than ever.
“We go to the supermarket, we buy what we need, we never use credit cards,” said Daniel, who is in his 40s and lives in Texas. “So it’s a little surreal to see the struggles around me.”
Daniel’s experience reflects a broader shift in the anti-overemployment movement. In recent years, secretly juggling multiple jobs has become considerably more difficult amid return-to-the-office mandates, a tougher job market, layoffs and new employee tracking measures.
However, changes in work rules have not stopped workers from juggling multiple full-time jobs. Several of them told Business Insider that they have simply had to change the way they approach the practice.
Some have adopted AI tools to work more efficiently, while others have adapted in other ways.
For workers like Daniel, the financial rewards are still powerful enough to keep them going.
Adapt to the new challenges of overemployment
After one of Daniel’s employers started requiring some in-person work, he began bringing his other job’s laptop into the office and carefully working there when time permitted.
The arrangement is possible in part because his second job has become much less demanding over time. Additionally, Daniel said some coworkers know he has outside work, which has made him less worried about being discovered. In your experience, they seem more concerned about the quality of your work than the hours you put into it.
Other challenges have proven more difficult to resolve.
One employer began requiring workers to manually track how they spent their time. Daniel said he has delayed compliance as long as possible because politics could force him to stretch the truth.
The same employer also recently carried out layoffs. In response, Daniel said he has worked to maintain a reputation for high performance, taking on additional responsibilities and positioning himself for possible promotion.
This has meant working considerably longer hours over the past year. He said AI-powered medical tools have helped offset some of the extra workload, allowing him to complete certain tasks more quickly and prevent his hours from increasing further.
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The Rewards of Juggling Jobs and Compensations
The extra income he earns from juggling work gives Daniel a lot of motivation to persevere through the challenges that arise.
Earlier this year, he purchased a rental property in the hopes of eventually having enough passive income to reduce his reliance on full-time work. The extra income has also made it easier to cover her child’s college tuition.
“I can’t even imagine having just one job again,” he said. “I’ve gotten used to the income.”
While the financial benefits of juggling jobs have been substantial, Daniel said it comes with trade-offs. His desire to perform well, combined with a heavier workload and the demands of juggling two jobs, has left him feeling exhausted at times. Although he remains committed to the agreement, he said the pace may be difficult to maintain.
“It seems like I live each day just to see the next day,” he said. “I think I need a vacation or something, but it’s doable.”
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