Friend of mine is thinking about picking up a second full time job to help pay his parents mortgage who fell on hard times. Logistically he thinks he could swing it but he's worried about employment verification checks catching the overlap down the line. His plan is to continue working job A, work job B for 12-18 months, and eventually resign from job B and never add it to his resume. Thoughts?

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Having two full time jobs isn’t shameful or unlawful. Lots of people work two full time jobs just to make ends meet. And his story of helping his parents should be a positive, not a negative, in any future interview.

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When I was younger, I held two full time jobs for about 4 months and it just about killed me. Two 8 hour shifts ends up taking up 18-20 hours of the day.
I wouldn't worry about any future verification checks, but be more concerned losing both jobs due to exhaustion impacting performance

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That’s a much more reasonable worry

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The only issue I could see is if he somehow develops a conflict of interest because both employers are competitors. In which case it really depends on what each company’s policies on the matter say.

Even then, exactly how does he think he would be “caught” here? And what would the resulting negative effect be in his mind?

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Sounds like your friend will also be unemployed soon

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Just to clarify he's planning on two corporate IT gigs at two large financial institutions, job A in strategic IT capacity, job B in a more "on the ground" type of IT function.

He's better off freelancing on job 2. Also if he has to fill a timesheet either he is going to lie on one or both of them or he is doing part time on the other

That’s honorable but not advisable health wise. He’ll burn out soon and then what?
Perhaps he can help out his parents by moving in with them and rent out one place to generate extra income?

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