Overemployed

Quick meaning: Overemployed is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of overemploy.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of overemploy.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

[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.

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.

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.

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).

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