Timeline for How do I convince an employer to give me half day off every week for a second job?
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| Jul 18, 2018 at 12:53 | comment | added | Procrastinating Programmer | Accepting the answer because you mentioned that I had to show this benefits the company. I think this is BIG! For the moment, I'm just telling him I will be working on Saturdays, as it doesn't mess with the schedule. After a couple of months I might bring up the Friday afternoon thing. I just hope this goes well! Fingers crossed guys! | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 12:52 | vote | accept | Procrastinating Programmer | ||
| Jul 18, 2018 at 8:42 | comment | added | Celos | I've heard of "conflict of interest" going as far as not having the employee being well-rested and wholly present (either mentally or physically) for the job. Second jobs can be a pretty difficult sell for employers of white-collar workers. | |
| Jul 17, 2018 at 7:03 | comment | added | Flater |
I agree with the answer, but want to add nuance when you said If the ONLY reason is that it will make you happier, that is probably not enough to convince your boss. Just because it doesn't benefit the company doesn't mean that they will refuse it. It could simply be a matter of not hindering the company (even if it doesn't actually benefit them). Your phrasing, however, suggests that without an actual benefit, it won't be approved; which is a somewhat pessimistic expectation of the manager's response.
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| Jul 16, 2018 at 20:09 | comment | added | msanford | @AlexT Don't focus on your role as the sole determinant: conflict of interest is intentionally broad and may relate to whole industries, or to relationships between your existing employer's clients and your new employer's clients, or many other things. View it not from the perspective of what's fair to you, but what the person who authored the contract could see as a potential risk (loss of IP, profit, "loss of competitive advantage", etc). | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 19:16 | comment | added | Procrastinating Programmer | @Dan it isn't a similar role though. Not even close... right? personal banker - web developer? | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 19:05 | comment | added | Dan | @AlexT That would be it. Getting a second job in a similar role could be seen as a "conflict of interest." Very difficult to say but it doesn't hurt to ask HR or your manager if you can hold a second job. It sounds like you're trying to be secretive about this which will backfire on you. | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 17:59 | comment | added | Procrastinating Programmer | I checked my contract... Doesnt specifically state anything like that... Just something like "no conflict of interest" | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 17:48 | history | answered | thursdaysgeek | CC BY-SA 4.0 |