Meaning

simple past and past participle of overemploy.

Definitions by Sense

1. simple past and past participle of overemploy
2. Employed for more hours than full-time work.
3. (Internet slang) Working multiple jobs at the same time, often without the knowledge of one's employers.

Example Sentences

People who remain overemployed tolerate longer hours because they either expect their overemployment to be brief (such as temporary care-giving), or figure that part-time or reduced hours status involves too large a sacrifice in terms of benefit coverage or job status.

Those working on a regular daytime shift, the vast majority of US workers, have a slightly raised likelihood of being overemployed compared to those working the evening shift (the reference group).

Female workers appear to be significantly more at risk of being overemployed than their male counterparts, on the order of about 4 percent greater likelihood (which is reduced only negligibly by inclusion of job characteristics as controls).

In part this is so because the percentage of workers who are overemployed tends to pale in comparison to the proportion who are underemployed, particularly in the United States.

[Sarah] Murphy is one of the "overemployed"—employees secretly working more than one full-time job, aided by the rise of remote work ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic.

With recent posts like "7 Tips to Avoid Lifestyle Creep When Making $600K", and "$1.2M with 5 IT Jobs", it’s easy to see the appeal of becoming overemployed when people are overwhelmed.

Word Forms

• more overemployed
• most overemployed

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Use overemployed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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