'Overworking' | More employees are secretly working two jobs, should you be concerned?

A growing number of professionals are secretly working two full-time jobs concurrently.

Whilst it may sound too contrived to be true, various studies have found that this phenomenon is becoming increasingly common. A recent McKinsey report suggests that roughly five per cent of workers in a typical organisation within the UK have two full-time jobs simultaneously.

That’s up to a staggering 1.6million workers across the nation, covertly operating two full time roles, whilst their employers are none the wiser. You may ask how such a thing could be possible without anyone finding out. The answer is that, with the aid of modern workplace tools such as automation and AI and some hard graft, it’s completely possible to not only fulfil the duties of two jobs, but also actively succeed in them.

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It's also worth noting that this trend has been fuelled by the rise of remote work, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when many workers were either furloughed or struggling financially to reconcile their work with their outgoings. In time, this simply evolved into managing two jobs at the same time.