You want your employees’ undivided attention during their working hours. That’s fair–albeit unrealistic. (The amount of time employees waste every day is estimated at wildly different numbers.
One survey said employees in the office waste 4.26 hours per week, while work-from-home employees waste only 2.5 hours per week. Another survey determined that people waste 2.09 hours per eight-hour day.)
But what about their time outside of work? Are their side hustles taking up too much time? Is it detracting from their productivity? Is it creeping into their working hours and cutting their productivity?
The answers to all these questions is the same: It depends. Of course, there is no one answer to how a side hustle affects employment for any particular employee. But generally? Think through this.
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My employer requires us to notify them about any side hustles or second jobs and get permission. It’s a fireable offense if we don’t disclose and get permission.