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The Relationship Between the Antiwork and Overemployment “Movements”?

Some of you are probably aware that there is a subreddit focused on people who try to work two full-time remote jobs without either employer knowing. The sub has 26K members (far far less than this sub) and it is un-ironically (and unabashedly) controlled by someone who uses it to funnel people to his website business and premium Discord, which I find super-sleazy. There is also a smaller, less morally-compromised sub (r/OEWork) that has sprung up to avoid the self-promoting and monetization-focused sub–and added a secondary purpose of discussing work as a concept, not just obsessing over making two salaries at once. I personally don't find these “movements” (to the extent either are really well-defined) antithetical to each other. At their core, each group recognizes that the managers and owners of companies do not give a damn about the rest of us and oppose any reform that would improve the…


Some of you are probably aware that there is a subreddit focused on people who try to work two full-time remote jobs without either employer knowing.

The sub has 26K members (far far less than this sub) and it is un-ironically (and unabashedly) controlled by someone who uses it to funnel people to his website business and premium Discord, which I find super-sleazy. There is also a smaller, less morally-compromised sub (r/OEWork) that has sprung up to avoid the self-promoting and monetization-focused sub–and added a secondary purpose of discussing work as a concept, not just obsessing over making two salaries at once.

I personally don't find these “movements” (to the extent either are really well-defined) antithetical to each other. At their core, each group recognizes that the managers and owners of companies do not give a damn about the rest of us and oppose any reform that would improve the lives of people who work for a living.

Curious what other people think, though.

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