The American worked simultaneously at IBM, Meta and Tinder and earned about $1 million a year

An IT specialist from the USA earned $820 a year while working simultaneously at IBM, Meta and Tinder. And he is not alone - many now support the trend towards over-implementation, reports AIN.

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Overemployment is when a person simultaneously works remotely on several full-time robots in order to earn more. One such case is Brian Roque, a programmer who combined three jobs at once in large American IT companies. He earns almost a million dollars a year. This is a lot even for the USA.

But Brian is not a unique story; many today have achieved their desired financial independence in this way, and the number of such people is growing.

Brian Roque's Story

At the beginning of the pandemic, Brian Roque lost his job as a programmer at Amazon. On the one hand, he felt relieved, because recently he had been working from morning to evening and was very burnt out. But it was a tough time: The company essentially threw him out into the worst job market since the Great Depression. Brian gave up his place and moved back in with his parents.

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He eventually found a new remote job at IBM, but the anxiety never left him.

“I felt like I had no control over anything. I didn’t like the fact that whether I was employed or not was completely dependent on the whims of the company,” he says.

So, when he received a call from a Meta recruiter after less than a year at IBM, Roque decided to accept a new remote work offer without leaving his old job. This way he was able to double his income and also guarantee employment in at least one place.

Soon he received an offer from Tinder. Roque began haggling with Meta and Tinder for a higher salary - and then accepted both offers in addition to working at IBM.

15 months ago, Roque was unemployed. Now he has three jobs with a total salary of more than $820 a year.

How do people combine multiple jobs?

The first rule of over-implementation is not to talk about over-implementation. Like in "Fight Club". Because employers are usually not happy if they find out about this.

Juggling multiple jobs can be difficult, and people do it in different ways. However, the best tactic to avoid getting caught is to work well at all jobs.

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“The main reason why people get exposed is because they suck. I've never been caught. I really do my job,” said George (not his real name), a software engineer who worked four jobs at once.

Of course, this leads to burnout. But for the most part, such people manage to work no more than 50 hours a week, and even closer to 40. The secret is simple - they are usually very capable specialists, and accordingly, they perform their duties much faster than people whose professional level is lower.

“I'm at the top now. And when I took my second job, I made sure that my responsibilities there would closely match my skills,” says Alison (not her real name), who has 16 years of experience. She worked two jobs as a project manager and business analyst and earned up to $260 a year.

Difficulties, of course, happen. For example, at Meta, Brian Roque was asked to appear in the office from time to time. Sometimes this led to stressful calls for work at Tinder and IBM, which he was forced to make directly in the Meta open space. One day, Brian mistakenly connected his Tinder laptop to the company WiFi at Meta, and the company noticed. When Tinder was asked why he was at Meta's office, Roque made up a story on the spot that he was working from a friend's office.

“They told me that they do not recommend doing this. To which I replied: of course, I understand,” Roque said.

Over-implementation: causes and consequences

Overpayment is a fairly common thing in the USA. This trend became possible thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, as many IT giants switched to remote work. It was with the pandemic that Roque’s adventures began. Moreover, his three works worth almost a million dollars are not a record.

One of these people, under the pseudonym Isaac, founded the website back in 2021 Overemployed, where he shares his secrets on how to juggle multiple jobs and maximize profits. He himself earns $600 a year, combining two jobs.

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Thematic communities on Discord and Reddit, where people brag about their successes and share cases, already have more than 300 users. One of them said that he has 000 jobs at the same time, which bring him $9 million a year. Although this data could not be confirmed.

It’s interesting that these people mostly don’t spend money on a “beautiful” lifestyle—they save money. Many people are willing to work hard now to retire early or pay off student loan debt or pay off their mortgage as quickly as possible.

For Roque, his three jobs were primarily a way to avoid worrying about potential layoffs. And the peace of mind that this brought offset the workload due to over-implementation.

“I wasn't worried about being dependent on one company. I myself determined whether I earned money or not,” admits Roque.

However, he eventually quit all three jobs for one new one so he could have time for other hobbies.

A logical question arises: why do people take on multiple jobs instead of simply taking on more responsibility in their current one if they have time left? In this case, the result is a very small increase in salary. Loyalty doesn't pay.

“My parents told me: “Don’t change companies - grow up in one, be loyal to it, and it will be loyal to you.” It may have worked once, but not anymore,” says George, who now earns $600 a year.

Alison was faced with a situation where her boss was gradually piling on more work for her until she was at the point where she was managing an entire team of employees without promotion. She asked for an additional $10 a year, which she considered fair compensation, but her boss refused. If this were her only job, Alison would endure it. But she had the safety net of an extra job, so she quit without any hesitation.

Employers, in turn, replace full-time employees with contractors working for the project, not the company. Of course, we can’t talk about any loyalty here. So the trend, as always, has two sides to the coin.

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