UPDATE: Over-employed worker gets fired from 3 jobs at the same time: 'After a year, I finally got caught'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Sep 8, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

How long do you think you could work 3 full time jobs at the same time before getting caught? That's the game that "over-employed" workers play each and every workday, as they attempt to do the impossible: working multiple 9-5 jobs and getting paid multiple salaries. 

It's a high-risk, high-reward game to attempt to play. Just think about the logistics of it! Say you're already at your original 9-5, and you then take on a second 9-5. How would you manage your emails, your Slack messages, your Teams meetings or Zoom calls? And not to mention that you've got to act like you're, you know, working at least a little bit of the time. 

Over-employed workers will tell you that there's a strategy to this: you have to come to terms with the fact that you will be the worst employee on every team you're on. You will miss calls, you will have a long list of excuses that you'll use, you will avoid every Zoom meeting, and if you're lucky, you might get away with this for a while, bringing in cash money all the while. 

This person, however, got caught. And then caught again. And then a third time! It's quite the downfall, as you can read all about below. Let's hope this currently under-employed worker finds themself a new job or 4 to make up for lost time. 

Next, read about what happened when a fired worker snagged a $60k client from their old job: "Got fired and was told that I'm easily replaceable. So I fixed that." 

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    Old man in gray suit and gold bowtie frowns and crosses arms, in background is young man in blue shirt holding phone to his ear
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    Woke up this morning to a fun impromptu meeting with HR from J2. Turns out, our VP couldn't find me on Linkedin, so they messaged the recruiting firm who hired me and saw J1 on my profile. I was terminated immediately and asked if they were going to reach out to the other employer to which they replied "they're in the process of doing so."
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    How cooked am I and what can I do to try and keep J1? UPDATE: Not even an hour later I was just terminated from J1. Really blows because I was doing well in each role and honestly I never expected to be caught.
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    F LinkedIn. UPDATE 2: J3 was also contacted as it was on my resume, got shut off EOD. Shout-out J2 HR, I respect the dedication.
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    FINAL UPDATE: This post blew up way more than I expected. Things didn't end the way I wanted and it's been a pretty good learning experience. It's definitely time to rethink things, appreciate the messages and stories people shared-ggwp.
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    Particular_Maize... If this happens do you get two unemployment checks?
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    GeneralEfficient3... "I haven't updated my LinkedIn so that I can be targeted my recruiters" Λ ^ that's why you don't show your Current employer(s), EVEN IF they did find you don't out yourself with public info.
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    churicador Take that as a learning lesson and hibernate your linkedIn account instead of just blocking ppl from J1
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    a... As someone who deleted their LinkedIn several years ago, am I missing something? What's the point of having a LinkedIn, especially if you're oe
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    chrshnchrshn Why was your VP trying to look up your profile?!! That isn't normal, so there was already something about you or your work that they had reasons to suspect.
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    strongerthandeat... Jobs acting like girlfriends who got cheated on is crazy work.
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    P... "If you're in the processes, I'll start the process of contacting my attorney to sue you for tortious interference."
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    Snoo-57955 S ks. Does J1 have a policy against moonlighting? You could let them know you were working after hours on other projects if they bring it up.
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    I can't imagine HR has a stake in it if you're not there anymore. Ans if a company came to me and said hey one of your employees has been working here while working at your job. I'd be like OK thank you. But why cares if they are working well in my company
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