A Employee generally works 9 to 5 job in daylight. So by sunset his office work ends & he is done for the day to enjoy his life
A single job is generally his major source of income. But if his salary is less or he wants to earn more. He either work 2 jobs or do side jobs or side gigs.
Moonlighting means this general practice of working a second job also termed as side job, side hustle or side gig.
IT companies like Infosys, and Wipro recently warned their employees for moonlighting.
This trend gained momentum during Work From Home.
Moonlighting in India came to light when HRs found many PF account number for a single person. IT was later found that he was working 7 jobs.
HR's also state due to moonlighting many employees are reluctant to come back to office. While it was also found their performance impacted due to it.
HR's also state due to moonlighting many employees are reluctant to come back to office. While it was also found their performance impacted due to it.
After multiple incident reporting of moonlighting. Wipro fired 300 employees.
Even IT Companies like Infosys, IBM, Tech Mahindra is against moonlighting. As they fear it could lead to divulging sensitive or proprietary information & loss of productivity at work.