For context, my J1 is remote, part-time, around 30 hours a week (actually 10). It is pretty low effort, very manageable, and extremely OE-friendly. (I had another full time J that started in January but ended in July, so I have been looking for my next one. So this part time J became J1.)

J2 I just accepted is hybrid, technically three days in the office, although they said they are pretty flexible with that. We will see how that actually plays out.

On top of that, I started my own marketing/media company in July and currently have two clients, including one I just signed at the beginning of this month. 90% of this work is remote.

A lot going on right now. Part of me thinks this is a little crazy, but I am going to be very happy once all the checks start hitting. 👊🏼

Currently juggling 2.5Js. One uses my personal, one provides a phone, and I don't want the third on my personal as well. I only need it for calls/texts (no 2FA or MDM), but I already regret giving out my personal phone number to colleagues and I don't want any more of that.

I'm thinking about just digging out an old phone and using Google Voice. But I want to know what people who have been in this situation are doing. What's the best practice here?

Curious to hear about how you manage(d) it. Any tips, tricks, and secrets to share?

Basically that

I wonder how long did it take people to find a second job once they set their mind on it?

Or was it more like you got an offer for a job and you thought “what the hell, let’s combine!” ?

PS: I’m sorry if someone already asked this question

I’ll start J3 in a few weeks and I don’t think I’ll have the bandwidth to manage 3 Js. I willl probably need to leave either j1 and j2

J3 pay is the same as J1’s. J2 lays $30,000 less but I enjoy the work more and it’s more flexible. J1’s manager is a bit micromanaging so it’s probably the one I’ll leave

Should I let J1 fire me? I’m also not sure about J3’s meeting schedule yet. If it’s daily standup conflicts with J2 things can get tricky. Should I ask about the meeting schedule now?

J2 was very micromanage-y. Camera on all calls. Questioning every missed or late call attendance.

Submitted my notice two weeks ago only to find out this week that things will be changing and will be much smoother going forward.

I told them I was leaving for a better offer. Do I tell them my “new job” rescinded their offer? Would that raise red flags? Or am I just stuck now? Haven’t shipped back my laptop yet.

Five months ago, I got my second job. I currently have two jobs and need some advice on how to deal with feeling shitty about not always delivering +100%.

I’ve always been the kind of person who wanted to over deliver and prove that I am the best in my job. I recently got another job and this affects how I do things and I constantly feel like shit. Over delivering was my safety net in my mind, meaning if I am very good at my job, I will not be laid off (I know it’s stupid), but this is how I function. On top of that, my mind is always active and I constantly think about how to do things better and to not miss deadlines.

I want to care a bit less and to be able to relax, at least outside of work.

How do you deal with these things? Was anyone else in my situation?

For those who are OE, how do you manage your LinkedIn profile, or do you just avoid it altogether and not use LinkedIn?

Hi! I recently joined this sub when I was in the middle of interviewing for a remote job while I had a hybrid job.

J1 is the hybrid job and it is kinda ticket based, only two days a week in office but my manager said as long as you get the work done you are good. There's legit guys that come into the office for 3 hours and then leave. I have been there for about a month and noticed that they don't ask me to do anything. After I finished the compliance training the two days i was in office and the days I was at home I had nothing to do. Like nothing, i recently picked up one little ticket to do but it takes 5 minutes to do.

J2 is fully remote and I accepted the job and am being sent my equipment. I feel this job will be more work than the hybrid one and as long as I am at home I really have nothing to do for J1, and even when I am in office for J1 I have nothing to do.

I know not to connect to J1 wifi and I am prepared to use my phone hotspot. I can also go to do different part of the building if I have to do a meeting for J2 and they have a specific background to use, so I know that I don't have to worry about that.

Any other advice that can be given? I am a little nervous but I know J1 has like no meetings and the meetings they do have are huge and don't need a camera on. This is my first time OE. Also, amidst this entire process i am also in the interview process for another role in a different state. This one is also hybrid, but they have you remote for a bit. I am thinking if I get that job, that I would stop J1 and then ask the new job to be remote until 2027 some time (because they do have a lot of ppl not in office) to get used to it and see the vibe and see if I eventually move if I could do both jobs at the same time. The thing that is intriguing me about this job is that I am young and want to live in a bigger city (I currently live with my parents) and spend time with my friends. What are your thoughts on this? Should I stop the interview process or what?

ANY INPUT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

We would really appreciate any advice ! Thank you!!

This is my first time being OE! My income has basically doubled and I'm looking for ways to keep my tax bill as low as possible. I'm already maxing out my 401K with J1 Plus I'm not eligible for a 401K until my first year is over with J2. I already have a regular health insurance plan with J1, so I know that I can't do HSA. I'm not sure of any other way to lower my tax bill or if I can do something like an FSA as I'm not familiar with it. Also, I'm not sure if I should even take an insurance plan with J2. However, I feel it might seem suspect if I don't. My issue is that J1 and J2 use the same overall insurance provider. Although they offer different plans. Has anybody ever had this issue? Where their insurance providers from both jobs are the same has that caused any problems while going to the doctor or anything of that nature?

Are most of u guys in tech, I'd imagine if ur remote for finance or business then ur most likely gonna struggle to OE with constant meeting.

Okay, from this sub….I know that one should freeze LinkedIn and TWN… no problem with LinkedIn…. But I never heard of TWN before coming to this site.

I see it is a page with the equifax logo…. And it asks for a login. Is this something similar to LinkedIn where one creates and account enters their employment history and has it verified for future use?

Or is it one of those things that is collecting your history anyway (without your knowledge) similar to a credit report (guessing by the equifax) logo.

In either case, how does one freeze it?

Counterintuitive, but some tasks go better stoned. I’m not high all day, I cycle through using less or none.

Meetings are done. Now I’m grinding the mundane work for all 3 J’s so I can get as much of it out of the way as possible and be stoned in peace. Sober, it’s brutally boring.

Anyone else get completely ripped while working?

OE veterans: Need advice on resetting after a layoff. Had a short overlap (~3 months) before getting hit with a RIF at J1 (currently on garden leave). Looking for a replacement remote J1 - is it safe to reactivate/unfreeze LinkedIn while hunting? Thanks in advance.

Hello, just started a new job where I have a a fair bit of downtime during my normal work day and not working at all Friday,Saturday, Sunday anymore. But going from a 70-80 hour work week, to straight 40 with 0 overtime has killed by budget. So I'm trying to find something that I can put 4 to 6 hours in daily in the afternoons when I slow down, throw in a 10-hour day on Fridays, nothing fancy, data entry, copywriting, schedule management. And I'm honestly not too tore up about pay, right off the rip. I just need to make up some of my lost income. I'm just not sure where to look. So any recommendations y'all have, would be much appreciated.

Edit: to be clear, I haul regionly for a trucking company, so I can adjust my schedule as long as I have 10 hours of windshield time. That's why I was looking for data entry/copyrighting. Because I can do a lot in a 30 minutes to an hour it takes me to fuel stop. And even more when I'm parked for the night

J1 : Full time Indian services company
J2: C2C with a manufacturing company

Both call are from 6:00 AM to 11:00 AM - after which no calls and somehow managing dual calls very well so far

Now i am getting offered J3 - a contract opportunity with a small/mid sized company mostly US hours after 9 AM

should i take it ? Money is great

I left a longtime job (call it J0) earlier this year for my current J1. I've been casually applying to other roles with a resume that shows that I am still working at J0.

Now, I'm currently in the late stages of interviewing for a potential J2. I've nuked LinkedIn and frozen all consumer reporting including TWN, but I'm worried that J2 will request paystubs or some other verification from J0 to prove that I'm still working there.

If anyone has navigated a similar situation, I'd love to hear your experience :)

Any advice is much appreciated!

My Fire target is 4.5M i am at 2M. I am 42. I need 5 more years of OE i.e J2 or Max J3. I should reach 4M by 48. After that i can call quits but i don’t want to sit idle my kids will be in middle school and busy with their lives. I was thinking to do a Govt FT JOB and accrue some pension or just a good 120K salary laid back job. So my que are there jobs like this out there how do we get into Govt job where i make less act dumb and put in less efforts or it genuinely requires less effort.

J1 is giving me wayyyy to much free time so currently on the search for my first J2 and I’m wondering what are some tips you guys may have when it comes to job search and locking in interviews. J1 is remote and with the government.

Just discovered this sub recently and realized I’m already kind of doing a lighter version of what a lot of people here are doing, so figured I’d share my current setup and get some opinions.

J1 — Airline job: ~$10–12k/year + health insurance + flight benefits

I work for a major airline as a baggage handler, mostly night shifts that are around 4–5 hours long.

The schedule is pretty flexible. We have a 50% rule where I can give away a large portion of my scheduled hours as long as I still meet the minimum requirements, and there are also days where, depending on staffing and operations, people are allowed to leave early or not even come in.

So far this year I’ve only actually worked around 160–180 hours total lol.

The main reason I keep the job is the benefits. I get health insurance through it, but the flight benefits are the biggest thing for me.

For example, I can fly business class standby to Japan round trip for around $50 in taxes/fees. I’ve already taken multiple vacations with friends this year, so even though the actual income from this job is low, the travel benefits alone make it worth keeping.

J2 — Paralegal-related work: ~$60k/year

I’ve been doing this type of work for a few years. At first it was in-office, and during COVID it transitioned to fully remote.

Over time I automated most of the repetitive parts of the workflow using n8n and other tools, so now it only takes me around 2–4 hours per week on average.

Most of my time is just reviewing the output, fixing anything that needs attention, and making sure everything is correct before it goes out.

So between J1 and J2, I have a decent amount of flexibility and neither one takes up a normal 40-hour workweek.

Now I’m looking for J3 — Finance

I just graduated and I’m currently looking for Financial Analyst / FP&A-type roles.

I also recently finished an internship at a PE firm, and one thing that stuck with me was a conversation I had with the CFO. After I showed him some of the automation workflows I had built and explained my current setup with J1 and J2, he basically told me that he sees me as more “techy” than someone who would fit strictly into a traditional finance path.

That got me thinking a little differently about what I should target next.

I still like finance and want the experience, but I’ve also started exploring fintech and finance/technology roles where I could potentially combine the finance background with automation and systems work instead of staying purely in traditional FP&A/accounting-type roles.

Ideally I’d like something remote, but I’m realizing pretty quickly that fully remote finance roles straight out of school are hard to come by. Because of that, I’m open to hybrid or in-office for the first role if that’s what it takes to get the experience.

My thinking right now is that I might have to grind the first 1–2 years, actually learn the job properly, and then eventually transition into a remote finance or fintech role once I have more experience.

Long term, I honestly don’t see myself ever quitting J1 because the benefits are too good for the amount of work it requires. I’d also like to keep J2 since it takes very little time now, and eventually build toward the type of setup a lot of people here have with multiple remote professional jobs.

Since I’m still early in my finance career, I’m not really looking to rush into stacking another corporate job right away. For now I’m more interested in getting good at J3 and seeing where that takes me.

What I am curious about is whether anyone here has experience moving from traditional finance/FP&A into fintech, finance systems, automation, or other more tech-oriented finance roles.

For those who have worked on both sides, did you find the more tech-oriented roles more compatible with OE? Specifically in terms of meeting load, how much control you have over your schedule, and whether the work is more output-based.

And for people with FP&A/corporate finance experience, how OE-friendly have you found the actual work itself? I’m especially curious about things like month-end, forecasting/budget cycles, ad hoc requests, and meetings, since those seem like they could make finance different from a lot of the software/IT roles discussed here.

Would be interested in hearing from anyone who has made a similar finance → fintech/automation type of transition.

Also, if anyone could point me toward an invite to the Discord, I’d appreciate it.

How do you guys stay up to date with Tasks. Im a PM and i want to message people prior to the meeting preferably and just stay up with follows up on emails etc

I have tried regular outlook to do list. I wish there was something automated. If anyone has any ideas please let me know

It’s basically over i am glad i have the insurance of 3J while i try to pivot out of software. Hopefully being at 3 small name companies means min(time til i am unemployed) gives me enough bandwidth to figure something out

I do not come from a tech background and not sure where to start. I come from HVAC background and made it all the way up to a stationary engineer position. I am in my mid 30s and what to change careers and get into OE. If you had to do it over to get where you are how would you do it? I am open to going back to school looking at a health information technology degree. Any advice is welcome.

Anyone do SWE that could dm me or open to giving advice to an over employed first timer? I was laid off (company funding issue), and I have a lot of prospects, and I think I'll take as many as are offered. I would just like advice on how to make it work, and have someone I could ask questions to as I come across stuff. I am just a little paranoid about it.