I know this is anti work. Lots of memes and individuals venting. I do know it’s a place where lots of us commune indirectly and share.
It’s also about taking back and standing up for ones self for fairness in time, pay, benefits and balance.
Sooo in that spirit I had a question.
I’m not going to vent and brag. I currently work from home. Sole bread winner for the family. I have looked into getting an additional job.
Most have been:
* Requiring in office work
* Call center/ phone work.
* some form of micromanagement / monitoring.
* Inquiring about present occupation often at times requesting confirmation that other job will not interfere.
Not interested in
* call center work
* Having someone over my shoulder
* reporting what I do with off-work time
I work from home and my current job started out as IT help desk in person (with calls, walk ups and BS) then with COVID went full remote. Now we hardly get calls people actually put in tickets and we conduct meetings and use advance tools where we don’t have to interrupt users and get things done.
Since remote we have knocked it put of the park and have tripled efficiency and complete a much higher workload with much lower time needed. I can complete a weeks worth of work in half the time or less.
This gets me to my title question.
Are there any other jobs, industries or gigs I should consider fr additional work? Stuff that’s more project based as to avoid invasive monitoring, hourly requirements that would interfere with current job.
Yes I have looked before and have applied and was considered for a remote Manager position but did not move forward as they were not convinced of commitment to the position. Another job making an excuse that I had no MSP experience even though I have managed vendor relations and communicated requirements in previous positions to MSPs.
So I have checked. I’m asking you all for any input wether navigation of prospective employers to win the position. Or other occupations that can be done from home that won’t require a camera checking to see if I’m “working”. I have the opportunity to maximize my time for 2 jobs. Why give away more of my time if I can maximize my “9-5” for maximum gain.
Thanks.