Remote worker fired after being caught working 6 jobs at once: 'He's a legend'

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    Brunette man in red and gray shirt with arms behind head looking worried, with 2 laptop setup in background
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    I don't even know where to start with this one, but I need your advice here... We hired this guy for a senior engineering role. Great portfolio, nailed the interviews, references checked out. Within two months, I start getting little whispers from his manager that "something's off." He's missing standups, dodging video calls, pushing, deadlines, but always has some perfectly reasonable excuse.
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    Fast-forward to last week, we find out he's not just overemployed, he's a legend of it. Six full- time remote jobs. Six. Including two of our direct competitors. All paying six figures. When we confronted him with this, he didn't even try to deny it. He said he'd "systematized" his life to handle multiple roles and didn't see why we'd care as long as he delivered. The thing is that what made us sus is that he wasn't delivering. The man was running
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    a personal B2B subscription service and we were just one of his clients. Now leadership wants to implement mandatory camera-on policies, track keystrokes, and basically nuke what was left of our trust in remote flexibility... all because one guy decided to LARP as a one-man outsourcing firm.
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    I'm honestly torn between being furious, impressed, and terrified of how many others are doing this without getting caught. Six jobs! How is that even logistically possible without cloning yourself?
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    Big_Ocelot5354 Man we had someone like this as well but I'm pretty sure he only had 3, and it's funny when I say only cuz your example is on another level. Some people try to finesse the system but he's definitely in trouble if he's signing any non compete documents in his onboarding or some sort of employment agreements
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    that prevent him from having other jobs that would keep him from performing his duties. 6 is just outrageous
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    ThatAgency Recrui... I love that for him, if a CEO can sit on multiple boards, why can't employees have multiple jobs? Brava
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    Mendacious Ferret There was a thread on LI about some guy working remote from <somewhere> for all these silicon valley startups. He would ace the interviews, do 2-3 months, they would realise he was terrible and sack him - did it like 12 times until he became a meme and the founders were up in arms.
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    Then there's the North Korean engineer situation, which is real. I mean the easy fix is to go hybrid right?
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    Computer monitor and laptop setup with plant and colorful lighting in background
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    FoxAble7670 I need to meet with this guy
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    abuzeyr Good for him, f your company
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    Whole_Affect_4677 I am jealous only because I can't or haven't been able to do it! Kudos to him though!

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